Iska's Journey
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Csaba Bollok
Maria Varga
Marian Ursache
Rozsika Varga
Marius Bodochi
Agnes Csere
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Iska lives a life of hopeless penury in one of the remotest and gloomiest corners of Europe. She earns a living recycling pieces of old metal she has found at a rubbish dump that she regularly scours, combing for things that can be re-used. The money she earns goes on the schnapps that Iska has to buy for her parents. She is obliged to beg the mine workers for food. She and her sister are discovered on the coal heap one day and are put into a home. Shortly afterwards her mother appears, wanting to take her daughter home. Iska obeys--she is still too dependent on her desolate home. No sooner is she back on the streets than she begins to daydream of the sea, that she longs to visit. With a new friend at her side, it looks as though her dreams might come true. But then things begin to go awry. Just as she is about set off for new shores, Iska suddenly finds herself in the clutches of human traffickers.
Director
Csaba Bollok
Cast
Maria Varga
Marian Ursache
Rozsika Varga
Marius Bodochi
Agnes Csere
Noemi Fodor
Dan Tudor
Zsolt Bogdan
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Hungary's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (2008).
Released in Hungary November 22, 2007
Released in United States February 15, 2008
Released in United States Winter February 15, 2008
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Generation) February 8-18, 2007.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 4-17, 2007.
Shown at London Film Festival (Cinema Europa) October 17-November 1, 2007.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 3-14, 2008.
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 4-12, 2007.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 6-15, 2007.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 27-October 12, 2007.
color
Dolby Digital
dialogue Hungarian and Romanian, subtitled English
rtg MPAA NONE
Released in United States February 15, 2008 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States Winter February 15, 2008
Released in Hungary November 22, 2007
