3 Weddings: Elena & Leo
3 esküvő: Elena és Leo, Hungary, 2009, 26 min, HD, Docu Series, Society
In 1956, Elena was only four when her parents left Hungary to build a new life in Argentina. She became an immigrant for the second time when she returned to Hungary in 1975. She was scrutinized by the communist authorities as a potential spy and had to fight prejudice to be accepted and feel like a Hungarian again. In 2008 she fell in love with Leo, a 35-year-old guy from Cuba. They got married in Budapest, but bureaucracy and prejudice threaten their relationship and may turn them both into migrants … again. Through the love story of Elena and Leo we learn more about migrant illusions, nostalgia and homesickness.This short documentary is part of the "3 Weddings" series (3 esküvő, 3 x 26 min).
Director:
Klára Trencsényi
Producer:
Sára László
Screenplay:
Klára Trencsényi
Director of photography:
Klára Trencsényi, Gergő Somogyvári, Robert Maly
Editor:
Bernadett Tuza-Ritter, Gábor Divinyi
Sound:
Rudolf Várhegyi, Péter Almásy, Zoltán Vadon
World Sales:
Ágnes Havas
Languages:
Hungarian
Subtitles:
English
Campfilm Production
Károly krt. 3/c
H-1075 Budapest, Hungary
Campfilm Production
Károly krt. 3/c
H-1075 Budapest, Hungary
Special Mention -
41st Hungarian Film Week, Hungary
Hungarian Doc Jam Zagreb 2010, Croatia
8. Film Palace Fest, International Short Film Festival
7th Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2010, Hungary
Pécs 2010 European Capital of Culture Prize -
8th Docudays UA, International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, 2011
European Union's Integration Fund