PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews László Nemes, director of the film Sunset.
After the success of Son of Saul, director László Nemes presents his latest work, Sunset, in main competition at the 75th Venice Film Festival. In this interview, he talks about his interest in this era (the film is set in Budapest, Hungary, in 1913), the techniques he uses to plunge the viewer into the intense situation and the texture and skin of his movies.
Sunset: 1913, Budapest, in the heart of Europe. The young Irisz Leiter arrives in the Hungarian capital with high hopes to work as a milliner at the legendary hat store that belonged to her late parents. She is nonetheless sent away by the new owner, Oszkár Brill. While preparations are under way at the Leiter hat store, to host guests of uttermost importance, a man abruptly comes to Irisz, looking for a certain Kálmán Leiter. Refusing to leave the city, the young woman follows Kálmán’s tracks, her only link to a lost past. Her quest brings her through the dark streets of Budapest, where only the Leiter hat store shines, into the turmoil of a civilisation on the eve of its downfall.
For the page of the film on the Festival website, click here.
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