Nine Month War (Kilenc hónap háború)
Qumra Projects
László Csuja / Feature Documentary / Hungary, Qatar / 2018
In Hungarian
Interests: History, Social Issues, War, Identity, Creative Documentary, Coming of age
Rated: Mature subject matter. Not suitable for minors. Individuals under the age of 18 are not admitted into cinemas.
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Synopsis
Twenty-four-year-old Jani lives in a small town in Western Ukraine, part of the minority Hungarian community. An only child whose father died five years ago, Jani is fed up with the boring life in his hometown, and drowning in the love of his mother, Erzsike. When he is drafted by Ukrainian Army, called up to fight the separatists, he could sneak out of the country to escape the military service just like his fellows did, but instead he chooses to go to the war 1,500 kilometres away. But why? He is not a patriot; he is not even Ukrainian. Combining visuals of cinema verité and mobile footage of war, Jani’s coming-of-age story unfolds over the nine months of his military service and the time after his discharge.
About the Director
László Csuja was born in 1984. He graduated in Scriptwriting from the Hungarian Academy of Film and Drama. His short films have been screened at film festivals across Europe, among them the Tampere and Edinburgh International Film Festivals. He attended, among others, Talents Sarajevo, the Berlinale Talent Campus, and the Aristoteles Documentary Workshop. Csuja’s first feature-length fiction film, supported by the Hungarian Film Fund, is currently in post-production.
Credits
- Director
- László Csuja
- Screenwriter
- László Csuja
- Producer
- Ágnes Horváth-Szabó, András Pires Muhi