Sarah loves Mark. They will soon have a child. Mark also loves Sarah - just in a way. Mark loves Sofi too. And Sofi loves Mark. But Sofi doesn’t like it when she cheats on her, she likes it more when she pampers her. And Andras likes to pamper Sofi. Andras would like to pamper his wife Rita as well, because he loves her. Rita wants to take care of someone, so she takes care of Natasha. But no one cares about Natasha. She is dying. She is in love with life. And her whole life is for Jim. Jim Natasha also has a lifetime, as long as she returns the money he owes to Etele. It would save his life. Because Etele will definitely not regret anything. Etele herself will not pity Petra. Peter loves Etele, but Etele loves Sarah. And Sarah loves Etele. In a way.
"I'm Not Your Friend" is not only an improvisation by nine amateur actors, but also an improvisation by a cameraman, director and screenwriter. During the 20-day filming, the actors created the story themselves in response to the proposed situations.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 40 min.
- Country, year
- Hungary, 2009
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Hungarian
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- György Pálfi
- Screenplay
- György Pálfi, Zsófia Ruttkay, Attila Réthly ir aktoriai
- Cinematography
- István Dala, Dávid Lukács
- Cast
- István Szüle, Gyöngyvér Országh, Corbisier Kim, Kamilla Fátyol, Zsolt Páll
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
Director
György Pálfi
György Pálfi was born in 1974 in Budapest. After shooting experimental films in the late 1980s, he attracted international attention with his feature debut Hukkle (2002), winning a European Film Award as Discovery of the Year. His film I Am Not Your Friend was in competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in 2009. He was recognized as a promising director as Taxidermia (2006) and Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) were invited to Cannes.
