The_Winner_(2014_film)

<i>The Winner</i> (2014 film)

The Winner (2014 film)

2014 Hungarian film


The Winner (Hungarian: A győztes) is a 2014 Hungarian short film directed by Dávid Géczy, starring Andor Lukáts and Iván Kamarás. The film is supported by Media Council Film[2] and Media Funding Scheme.[3]

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Plot

It is a short fiction movie about an old swimming coach, István Kovács (Andor Lukáts), who won a gold medal at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow in swimming.

He gets a life-changing medical diagnosis. As a result, he has to abstain from any physical activity. By now all his fame and honour has faded, and he's stuck coaching undisciplined, useless children who'd never understand what it means to strive for something and achieve it. Every day he races against the younger version of himself (Iván Kamarás), unable to come to terms with his present circumstances. He decides to swim his top score from back at the Olympics. But this battle defeats him.

The film focuses on the question "is a winner really a winner?"

Cast

Andor Lukáts
Iván Kamarás
  • Andor Lukáts (old swimming coach and former Olympic swimming winner in 2014)
  • Iván Kamarás (the young Olympic swimming winner in 1980)
  • Eszter Földes (his wife)
  • Simon Szemző (Simon, child)
  • Tamás Racsek (Tomi, child)
  • Máté Veczel (Máté, child)
  • Adam Lux (doctor)
  • Gergő Mikola (Ivan Popov, russian swimmer)
  • Askar Shalov (Mongolian Swimmer)
  • László Zinner (politician)

Premiere and festival screenings


References

  1. "A győztes / The Winner". mediawavefestival.hu. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  2. "Állami támogatásra jogosult és támogatásban nem részesülő filmek (NFGY/0624/2013)" [Eligible and unassisted movies for state aid] (xlsx) (in Hungarian). nmhh.hu (National Media and Infocommunications Authority). Retrieved 2015-06-07.
  3. "A győztes" (in Hungarian). NAVA (National Audiovisual Archive of Hungary). 2014-08-30.
  4. "A győztes" (in Hungarian). mediatanacs.hu (Media Funding Scheme). 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
  5. "The Winner". filmhet.hu. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  6. "OFF15 selection results". filmfestival.dk. 2015-05-19. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  7. "11th Busho: Penalty! Aka "shooting an eleven"". busho.hu. 2015-08-27. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
  8. "A győztes Hungary - Fiction". akbanksanat.com. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  9. "12. Akbank Kısa Film Festivali (programfüzet)" (PDF). akbanksanat.com. pp. 244–245. Retrieved March 10, 2016.

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