KÉK PELIKAN

Hungary

In the 1990s in Hungary, travelling is finally possible but unaffordable. By forging international train tickets, three young men provide the opportunity for a whole generation to experience the outside world.
With the fall of the Iron Curtain, Hungary’s borders suddenly open. Everyone wants to travel to Western Europe, young people in particular – but the price of a train ticket is prohibitive. What good is freedom if you can’t afford it?
Ákos, Petya and Laci discover a simple method of using household detergents to dissolve Pelikan‘s blue carbon ink, allowing them to forge train tickets to any destination. Over time, they become professional and infamous forgery artists. For a long time, everything runs smoothly, but when the police start an investigation, the friends discover that freedom comes at a price.
Ákos, the brain, vanishes; Petya, the sales genius, flees to New York; and the newcomer Zoli takes the fall. Eventually, everything gets straightened out, and a decade-long racket finally comes to an end with the help of a young police officer.

Written & directed by: László Csáki
Produced by: Miklós Kázmér, Ádám Felszeghy, Réka Temple
Cinematography: Árpád Horváth
Editing: Dániel Szabó
Production Design: Máté Horesnyi, László Csáki
Original Score: Ambrus Tövisházi, Miklós Peiszner
Sound: Tamás Zányi
Casting: Gabriella Ságodi
Cast: Olivér Börcsök (Young Laci), Norman Lévai (Young Ákos), Kornél Tegyi (Young Petya), Ágoston Kenéz (Young Rozi)
Animation: Attila Fekete, Dorottya Tingyela, Gabriella Ságodi

Production:
Umbrella
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