Szindbád

Szindbád (1971)

Un vieil homme se souvient de toutes les femmes qu'il a rencontrées dans sa jeunesse. Une vieille femme veut qu'ils se suicident ensemble mais change d'avis. La petite ville a un médecin dont la femme ne peut oublier le vieil homme, et le serveur qui lui sert son dîner ne sait pas que Sinbad va bientôt la courtiser.

Date de sortie
1971-11-25
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (33)
Durée
1 h 30 min
Genres
Drame
Réalisateur
Zoltán Huszárik

Distribution

Anecdotes

Szindbád is a 1971 Hungarian film directed by Zoltán Huszárik, and based on short stories by the writer Gyula Krúdy.

Production

The central figure of Szindbád, although his name makes reference to the character of Sinbad in the Arabian Nights, here belongs to the last years of the Austro-Hungarian empire around the turn of the 20th century (the period during which the original stories were written).

The original choice to play the role of Szindbád was Vittorio De Sica, but when terms could not be agreed the part was given to the leading Hungarian actor Zoltán Latinovits who played it with "a reckless chic that makes him irresistible even as he's being detestable".

The rich colour photography (its "tactile sensuality") created by cinematographer Sándor Sára was central to the evocation of the refined and elegant social world of the Hungarian bourgeoisie at the turn of the century. This, along with the film's fractured time structure and rapid montages of brief and freely associated shots, created a marked contrast with the prevailing style of stately tracking shots associated with the cinema of Miklós Jancs…

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