WAR OF WITS
synopsis
TAMÁS KALMÁR is an established comedy star in his late 40’s with an exaggerated idea of his own importance. He is in constant demand to perform on stage and has his very own primetime show on national TV. But the day eventually comes when he senses that his popularity is waning, and the public are beginning to prefer a newcomer, TÓBIÁS NAGY. Rather than analysing his own talent, Tamás prefers to blame the shifting spotlight on Tóbiás, and goes all out to get the upper hand over his young rival. We get to watch, and laugh, as his ill-conceived plans fail catastrophically and send him spiralling into a complex set of circumstances that he looks unlikely to ever escape. His relationship with his girlfriend, and with his oldest friend who, at the same time is his and his archrival’s manager, VIGÉC, goes from bad to worse. His panic to retain fame and fortune see him accept one ridiculous gig after another, as he pushes his loved ones further and further away.
international title: | War of Wits |
original title: | Dumapárbaj |
country: | Hungary |
sales agent: | NFI World Sales - National Film Institute Hungary |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Béla Paczolay |
film run: | 88' |
release date: | HU 15/01/2015 |
screenplay: | Ervin Sallai, Zoltán Simon |
cast: | László Hadházi, Enikö Eszenyi, Ádám Kiss, Agi Gubík, Adél Jordán, Vilmos Vajdai, Gábor Csöre, Milán Schruff, Gábor Róbert, Krisztina Miklós |
cinematography by: | Péter Szatmári |
film editing: | Bernadett Tuza-Ritter |
art director: | Balázs Hujber |
costumes designer: | János Breckl |
music: | Béla Barabás |
producer: | Tamás Hutlassa |
production: | Café Film |