Directed by:
Gyula NemesCinematography:
Balázs DobócziComposer:
Albert MárkosCast:
Udo Kier, Krisztián Kovács, Martina Krátká, Orsolya Tóth, István Lénárt, László Nemes, Declan Hannigan, András Szirtes, Tamás Joó, Zoltán FülePlots(1)
Using as a starting point the famous remark "If bees disappeared off the face of the Earth, humankind would only have four years left to live," director Gyula Nemes reflects in his film on the future of our ecosystem. His distinctive take on the fight against globalisation, on ecological utopias and inevitable natural disasters is conveyed via four different genres. He adopts a burlesque approach to introduce us to the former boss of an artificial honey factory turned passionate forest beekeeper. Then follows a melodramatic story of apian love: action sequences illustrate the advance of unconventional guerrilla warfare, whose termination sees mankind returning to candlelight and horse-drawn modes of transport. The African road movie which frames the entire film is conceived as the fata morgana of a devastated yet resolute human soul. The director's genre collage and his experiments with black-and-white and colour material, comic-strip inserts and soundtrack make for an intellectually wholesome and immensely witty film. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Udo Kier
German Empire
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Krisztián Kovács
Hungary
Best movies:
Sleepwalkers (2002)
The Notebook (2013)
Lost Times (2009)
Martina Krátká
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dukla 61 (2018) (TV movie)
Zero (2015)
How Poets Wait for a Miracle (2016)
Orsolya Tóth
Hungary
Best movies:
Paths of Light (2005)
Delta (2008)
Fateless (2005)
István Lénárt
Kingdom of Hungary
László Nemes
Hungary
Best movies:
Zero (2015)
Declan Hannigan
Ireland
Best movies:
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022)
Atomic Blonde (2017)
András Szirtes
Hungary
Best movies:
Zero (2015)
Zoltán Füle
Hungary
Best movies:
Zero (2015)