Hungaricum: Who Cares About Pal Frenak [OmeU] USA, Ung, R: Glória Halász 99 Min

The film is a portrait of the choreographer Pal Frenak, from his traumatic childhood to current-day success, and how he cleverly cheated tragedy and the resulting inner demons through his commitment to art. It reveals the heroic odyssey of Pal, the eighth hearing child born to deaf parents, who was placed in an orphanage at six years old after his father's untimely death. Pal learned early that only the art of movement and dance would save him from the traumatic experiences growing up without family in a loveless and repressive communist country. Escaping Budapest as a young man, he matured and finally flourished in the open culture of Paris. Today Pal's Company FrenAk is one of the most heralded cutting-edge contemporary dance theaters companies in Europe and Asia.

Festivals:

• 36th Girona Film Festival - Girona, Spain
• Dance Camera Istanbul - Istanbul, Turkey

Producer: Vittoria de Bruin (United States)

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