Éva Fahidi was 20 years old when she returned all alone home to Hungary from Auschwitz Birkenau. 49 members of her family were murdered, including her mother, her father and her little sister.
Now, aged 90, Éva is asked to participate in a dance-theatre performance about her life.
This would be the first time for her to perform on a stage. Réka, the director imagines a duet between Éva and the young, internationally acclaimed dancer, Emese. Réka wants to see these two women, young and old, interact on stage, to see how their bodies and their stories can intertwine.
Éva agrees immediately.
Three women – three months – a story of crossing boundaries. Whilst key moments of Éva’s life are distilled into theater scenes, a truly wonderful and powerful relationship forms between the three women.
The project is supported by the Media Council, Hungary and by The March of the Living Foundation.
The project participated at:
Docu Talents from the East, 2017, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Baltic Sea Forum, 2017, Riga, Latvia
MEDIMED 2017, Barcelona, Spain
main cast: Éva Fahidi, Emese Cuhorka, Réka Szabó
director, author: Réka Szabó
producer: Sára László, Marcell Gerő (Campfilm), Réka Szabó (The Symptoms)
koporducer: László Jancsó (4Cut Post Digital), Philippe Fontenoy (Pom'Zed), Szabolcs Győrffy
executive producer: Flóra Kovács (The Symptoms), Jonathan Halperyn (Hero Squared)
line producer: Melinda Erdős
director of photography: Claudia Kovács
editor: Sylvie Gadmer, Péter Sass
music editor: Balázs Barna
2nd director of photography: Zoltán Lovasi
location sound: Simon Koch, Dániel Bőhm, Gergely Hollósi, Levente Udud, Bálint Zándoki
post-production manager: Barbara Héger
post-procution manager: Rudolf Várhegyi
dialogue editor: Tamás Bohács
assistant editor: András Féniász, Barbara Halasi, Viktor Ligetfalvi, Tamás Marosán, Luca Anna Molnár, András Sarkadi
colorist: György Szitár-Csanádi
editing: Pom'Zed
Hero Squared team: Daniel Kresmery (head of production), Alejandro Duque (producer's assistant)
sound post-production: 4Cut Post Digital
graphic artist: Ildikó Mezei
translation: Golda Fischer
translation of rushes: Klára Bárdonicsek, Péter Lengyel
contributors in French translation: Elena Bernard, Nikolett Kuffa, Kata-Lina Varga, Roxana Giba
Indiegogo campaign: Bálint Csaba
production accountant: Gabriella Bedő
Creators of the performance Sea Levander:
director: Réka Szabó
performers: Emese Cuhorka, Éva Fahidi
costume designer: Edit Szűcs
special props: Janka Haraszti
light designer: Attila Szirtes
dramaturgy: Anna Zsigó, Krisztián Peer
sponsors: Gábor Almási, Aron Fischer
further sponsors: Fischer Iván Alapítvány, Dr. Roby Abales, Judy Young, MAZSIHISZ, Jurányi ház, Vígszínház, Erinnerungsort Topf & Söhne - Die Ofenbauer von Auschwitz
