26° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
THE STATE OF THINGS

A NAP UTCAI FIÚK

THE SUN STREET BOYS

Country: Austria
Year: 2007
Duration: 89'


Budapest, 23 October 1956. A student demonstration becomes a revolt
against the pro-soviet government of Mátyás Rákosi and the Russian
presence in Hungary. A group of boys living in the outskirts of the
capital are playing football in abandoned lot when Juli brings news
of protests breaking out in the city. Only Gábor accompanies her into
town, and at dawn, when the boys too come under fire from Soviet
forces, they decide to join in the fight. Under Tatua’s leadership they
build a barricade around a small cinema and will try to defend their
territory with the few guns at their disposal and Molotov cocktails.


“Some of the most symbolic moments of the 1956 Revolution in
Hungary were the tooth-and-nail battles fought by the so-called
‘Pest guys’ who dared to defy one of the world’s superpowers.
They never abandoned their base, not even on the more peaceful days,
this dauntless bunch fights a heroic battle on November 4, against
the Red Army that intervened massively in the country.”

Biography

film director

György Szomjas

György Szomjas (Budapest, Hungary, 1940) studied architecture at the Budapest Technical University between 1960 and 1964, then graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in 1968. On the board of Béla Balázs Studio between 1969 and 1974 was initiator of a sociological film program. After some documentaries made in the
early 1970s, directed his first feature film The Wind Is Whistling under Their Feet (1976). Has been manager and organizer of Kőbánya Amateur Film Studio since 1973. Has been chief secretary of the Association of Hungarian Film and Television Artists since 1995. He also made portrait films and documentaries about folk music and musicians.

FILMOGRAFIA

Talpuk alatt fütyül a szél (The Wind Is Whistling under Their Feet, 1976), Rosszemberek (Wrong-doers, 1978), Kopaszkutya (Bald-Dog-Rock, 1981), Könny testi sértés (Light Physical Injuries, 1983), Falfúró (The Wall Driller, 1985), Mr Universe (1987), Könny vér
(Fast and Loose, 1989), Roncsfilm (Junk Movie, 1991), Csókkal és körömmel (Kisses and Scratches, 1994), Gengszterfilm (Gangster Film, 1997), Vagabond (2003), A Nap utcai fiúk (The Sun Street Boys, 2007).

Cast

& Credits

regia/director György Szomjas
sceneggiatura/screenplay Gábor Heller, Ákos Kertész, György Szomjas
fotografia/cinematography Ferenc Grunwalsky
montaggio/film editing Károly Szalay
musica/music György Ferenczi
suono/sound György Kovács
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Péter Bárnai (Gábor), Sándor Czecz (Tatua), Kata Gáspár (Juli), Péter Andorai (il padre di Gábor/Gábor’s Father), Ágnese Csere (la madre di Gábor/Gábor’s Mother), János Derszi (il padre di Juli/Juli’s Father)
produttore/producer Dénes Szekeres
produzione/production Tivoli-Filmproductions Ltd.
coproduzione/coproduction Vision Team
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