On Body and Soul (2017)

Original title

Testről és lélekről

Directed by

Ildikó Enyedi

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Hungary

Runtime

1h 56m

Rated

12

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 618 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The chief financial officer of a slaughterhouse and a new meat quality inspector discover they share the same dream every night. This strange connection leads them toward an unusual romance.

dreamliketenderquietromanticunderstatedoddemotionally restrainedgentle

What happens

On Body and Soul (Hungarian: Testről és lélekről) is a 2017 Hungarian drama film written and directed by Ildikó Enyedi. The story revolves around the CFO of a slaughterhouse and the newly appointed meat quality inspector who discover they can communicate with each other through their dreams, leading to an unlikely romance. It won the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin it also won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. It was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated at the 90th Academy Awards. Alexandra Borbély won the European Actress award at the European Film Awards for her performance in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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