Delta (2008)

Director:

Kornél Mundruczó

Writers:

Yvette Biro (screenplay)
Kornél Mundruczó (screenplay)

Release Date:

12 March 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Murder | Rape | Brother Sister Relationship | One Word Title

Awards:

5 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Félix Lajkó	...	Mihail
Orsolya Tóth	...	Fauna
Lili Monori	...	Mother
Sándor Gáspár	...	Mother's lover
Gábor Fábián
Tamás Polgár
János Zancea
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lajos Bertók	...	Mihail (uncredited)
Mari Kiss	...	(uncredited)
Martin Wuttke	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Kornél Mundruczó

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Yvette Biro		screenplay
Kornél Mundruczó		screenplay

Produced by
Philippe Bober	....	producer
Gábor Kovács	....	co-producer
Susanne Marian	....	co-producer
Ági Pataki	....	co-producer
Viktória Petrányi	....	producer
András Poós	....	co-producer: TV2

Original Music by
Félix Lajkó

Cinematography by
Mátyás Erdély

Film Editing by
Dávid Jancsó

Casting by
Laura Grosu
Liliana Toma

Production Design by
Márton Ágh

Art Direction by
Judit Varga

Costume Design by
János Breckl

Makeup Department
Rita Fekete	....	key makeup artist/hair

Production Management
Oana Giurgiu	....	production manager
Eszter Gyárfás	....	unit manager
Anna Hidvegi	....	unit manager
Ramona Munteanu	....	unit production manager
Judit Sós	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
János György	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Gábor Balázs	....	sound
Tamás Zányi	....	sound

Special Effects by
Sebastian Csaba Kiss	....	special effects crew

Visual Effects by
Anna Hidvegi	....	post production coordinator
Csaba Juhász	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Attila Nemes	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Catalin Ciobanu	....	electrician
Péter Faludi	....	video assist operator
Leonardo Fanone	....	gaffer
Florica George	....	gaffer
Gusztáv Kirsch	....	focus puller
'Kis Gromek' László Molnár	....	grip
Attila Pfeffer	....	Steadicam operator
Marian Pisau	....	grip
Szabolcs Sipos	....	electrician
Lenke Szilágyi	....	still photographer
Balázs Vákár	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
Matyas Fekete	....	assistant editor
Ádám Halász	....	colorist
Benedek Kabán	....	telecine colorist
László Kovács	....	telecine colorist
Judit Szép	....	film grader

Other crew
Paul Coseru	....	location manager
Krisztina Szigeti	....	script supervisor
Bernadett Tuza-Ritter	....	continuity

Thanks
Ágnes Hranitzky	....	special thanks
Béla Tarr	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Proton Cinema
• Essential Filmproduktion GmbH
• Filmpartners (co-production)
• ZDF/Arte
• Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary (support)
• Ministry of Education and Culture (support)
• TV2 (support)
• Budapest Film (support)
• Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) (support)
• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (support)

Distributors

• Alliance Media & Entertainment (2008) (India) (theatrical)
• Art Fest (2008) (Bulgaria) (theatrical)
• Cinematográfica Filmex S.A. (2008) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Eureka (2008) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Facets Multimedia Distribution (2010) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Filmmuseum Distributie (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Le Pacte (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Look Now! (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Seven Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Silenzio Films (2008) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Kinosmith (2008) (Canada) (all media)
• Lumière Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Solopan (2008) (Poland) (all media)

Other Companies

• Sparks  camera equipment provided by
• Sparks  grip and lighting equipment
• Central Casting Romania  extras casting
• Hungarian Filmlab / Magyar Filmlabor  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

"Delta" - Argentina (festival title)
"Delta" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"Sto delta" - Greece (festival title)

Runtime:

96 min | Canada:92 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Hungary | Germany

Language:

Hungarian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:16 | Mexico:B15 | Argentina:16 | France:U (with warning) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Norway:15

Filming Locations:

Romania

Company:

Proton Cinema

Trivia:

After shooting the first half of the movie, the second half of filming was planned to start November 2006. After the sudden death of lead actor Lajos Bertók in July, the fate of the production was in jeopardy for months. Filming restarted in 2007 with Félix Lajkó taking the lead role.

Painfully bitter

The scene consists of the wetlands around a large river. The people are a family and a number of people from the small village they live in. Life is on a pretty much normal path until one of the family members, a man in his thirties, returns after a period of being away. He wants to live in a cabin he wants to build himself, right in the middle of the wetlands. All starts off well. He's getting the materials he needs for the building, the provisions he needs for living. Then he gets company - his sister joins him in the building of the cabin. And as time passes by and the cabin starts to take shape, things start to turn a bit ugly - the two of them cross a border that brother and sister should not cross.

And there is the tale of the film. How does one deal with a taboo like this? Brother and sister as a pair. Can one accept it? Or is it something that should not be tolerated, no matter the costs of breaking them up? This film, worked out very soberly (which is an absolute plus), shows how people respond to something like this happening and draws a very fine line between trying to grow sympathy for the brother and sister - and a cooler distance towards the people of the town. The ending is easy to predict - it is inevitable given the situation. It's a bitter pill though. And so we have it: a harsh message packed in the most sober wrapping.

8 out of 10 pained relatives