Summaries

Two filmmakers document over a decade Sanyi, a Budapest boy's turbulent childhood in dysfunctional home, charting his path from mischievous kid to troubled adolescent amid poverty and parental neglect.

This urban odyssey begins with a chance meeting on the streets of Budapest, when the two filmmakers run into Sanyi, a charismatic, unruly 8-year-old who constantly tests boundaries and oscillates between childlike innocence and a sober outlook that belies his age. Over the course of over a decade, the camera captures Sanyi's growing pains in a cramped, dilapidated apartment with barely functioning parents and a baby sister. Charted by a fiery temperament and an inexplicable attraction to danger, the course of Sanyi's life seems predetermined as he hurtles toward a dark future. Filmed in the spirit of Cinema Verité, this gripping and gritty doc will have you on the edge of your seat from Sanyi's first breakneck-speed skateboard ride to his inevitable plummet down the rough roads of adulthood.

Details

Keywords
  • coming of age
  • family relationships
  • skateboard
  • growing up
  • boyhood
Genres
  • Documentary
Release date Nov 20, 2024
Countries of origin France Hungary Croatia
Language Hungarian
Production companies Cinéphage Productions ELF Pictures

Box office

Gross worldwide $45749

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 34m
Color Color
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