Canada-Hungary-Slovenia Co-production, 2010, 104 min, Drama, Directed by Endre Hules, Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond, and the Budapest Dance Ensemble.
Starring Deborah Kara Unger (Silent Hill, The Game), Gil Belows (Weatherman, Shawshank Redemption), Steven McHattie (2012, 300, The Fountain), Endre Hules (Angels and Demons, Zoolander, Apollo 13)
Screening at Berlin : Wednesday, Feb 14, 11:30am
Parliament
In post-Communist Hungary, two brothers meeting up after 20 years apart.
Plot
Steve, a dancer-turned-empresario, returns from Canada to his native Hungary after 20 years.
He finds that the Communist regime that expelled him is gone, but his brother, Gyula, hasn't changed.
He still works with the same cash-strapped dance company they started together, and is married to Steve's former sweetheart, Mari.
The two men's rivalry is triggered instantly, but Mari challenges them to revive their last success together, a dance on the ballad "The Maiden Danced to Death".
If Gyula can meet Steve's exacting standards, Steve will promote a world tour, breathing new life into the sagging careers of both brothers.
The film seamlessly combines dramatic scenes with dance and music, allowing the dance to reveal long-held secrets and emotions where words could never.
The Maiden Danced" is a reckoning of old shadows and an examination of love and politics in old and new Europe.
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