Katalin Varga

As soon as he discovers that he is not Orban’s father, Katalin Varga’s husband throws her out of the house. Not wanting her son to grow up without a dad, Katalin has no other choice but to find the real father. Taking Orban with her under another pretence, Katalin travels through the Carpathians, where she decides to reopen a sinister chapter from her past and take revenge. For Katalin this means returning to a place she never wanted to see again in her life, a place that she will always associate with the crime of which she was a victim eleven years ago. Back then, this was the place where she was assaulted by two men. Now it is a clearing where Orban is playing happily...

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Script: Peter Strickland

Cinematography: Mark Gyori

Editing: Matyaf Fekete

Sound: Gyorgy Kovacf, Zoltan Karaszek

Music: Steven Stapleton, Geoff Cox

Actors: Hilda Peter (Katalin Varga), Tibor Palffy (Antal Borlan), Norbert Tanko (Orban Varga), Melinda Kantor (Etelka Borlan), Sebastian Marina (Gergely’s brother-in-law), Roberto Giacomello (Gergely), Laszlo

Production: Libra Film, Romania T. +40 2132 66480 F.+40 2132 60268 office@librafilm.netwww.librafilm.net

Producers: Tudor Giurgiu, Oana Giurgiu, Peter Strickland

Co-production: Ross Sanders Production International (UK) & Peter Strickland (Hungary)

Format: 35mm Color

Production Country: Romania-UK-Hungary

Production Year: 2009

Duration: 82

Distribution in Greece: Rosebud Zinos Panayotidis T. +30 210 6786505 F. +30 210 6755067 zpan@odeon.gr www.odeon.gr

Contact: Memento Films International, France T. +33 1 5334 9020 F. +33 1 4247 1124 sales@memento-films.com www.memento-films.com

Peter Strickland

He was born in Reading, England in 1973. He made several Super 8 and 16mm short films. His most well-known short film, Bubblegum, brought Andy Warhol superstar, Holly Woodlawn out of a long hiatus and screened at Berlin in 1997. He also founded the musique-culinary group, The Sonic Catering Band in 1996 with friends from Reading, releasing several records and performing live throughout Europe. Katalin Varga is his first feature film. He now lives in Hungary where he teaches English.