HALFWAY HOME / ÁTJÁRÓHÁZ

HALFWAY HOME / ÁTJÁRÓHÁZ – Hungary, 2022, 103 min., Fantasy, Romance

Director: Isti Madarász

Writer: Attila Veres

Cast: Péter Bárnai, Vivien Rujder, Erzsébet Kútvölgyi, János Kulka, Miklós Galla

In this romantic fantasy movie, Christian is hired to be the nightwatchman of a morgue. On the first night he finds the dead are walking the corridors of the building – they are trapped souls weighted down by problems left unsolved in their lives. It’s Christian’s job to take care of their personal matters in the daytime, saving these poor souls from destruction. Trouble arises when he falls in love with a girl who is already dead.

He has to grow to match this new responsibility. Christian has to learn new tricks and skills in order to save as many of the souls as he could; he is even getting good at it – but the unexpected happens; he falls in love with Ági, the girl of his dreams. Too bad she is already dead; spending his final 29 days at the morgue. Christian has got no other choice; together with his witch aunt he devices a plan – a plan on how to escape from the nighttime morgue, through the underworld into life. But the Mortician won’t let them go easily.

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS:

2023, Hungarian Motion Picture Awards

Nominee Hungarian Motion Picture Award – Best Original Score: Atti Pacsay