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DramaRomanceFantasy

On Body and Soul

- We meet at night. In our dreams.

Two introverted people find out by pure chance that they share the same dream every night. They are puzzled, incredulous, a bit frightened. As they hesitantly accept this strange coincidence, they try to recreate in broad daylight what happens in their dream.

Release Date : 2017-03-02

Language :Hungarian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Inforg-M&M Film

Production Country : Hungary

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Alexandra Borbély

Character Name : Mária

Original Name : Alexandra Borbély

Gender : Female

Morcsányi Géza

Character Name : Endre

Original Name : Morcsányi Géza

Gender : Male

Réka Tenki

Character Name : Klára

Original Name : Réka Tenki

Gender : Female

Ervin Nagy

Character Name : Sándor

Original Name : Ervin Nagy

Gender : Male

Zoltán Schneider

Character Name : Jenő

Original Name : Zoltán Schneider

Gender : Male

Tamás Jordán

Character Name : Mária's Childhood Doctor

Original Name : Tamás Jordán

Gender : Male

Itala Békés

Character Name : Zsóka

Original Name : Itala Békés

Gender : Female

Éva Bata

Character Name : Köves Jutka

Original Name : Éva Bata

Gender : Female

Pál Mácsai

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Pál Mácsai

Gender : Male

Zsuzsa Járó

Character Name : Zsuzsa

Original Name : Zsuzsa Járó

Gender : Female

Nóra Rainer-Micsinyei

Character Name : Sári

Original Name : Nóra Rainer-Micsinyei

Gender : Male

Júlia Nyakó

Character Name : Rózsi

Original Name : Júlia Nyakó

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-08-25

There's a tiny bit of aw, it's "Bambi" at the start of this film as a great stag and a much smaller doe are seen meandering through the wintery forest looking for some nice juicy leaves. Next thing, we are in an Hungarian abattoir where finance director "Endre" (Géza Morcsányi) has just been informed that they have a new independent product inspector, "Mária" (Alexandra Borbély) who appears a little stand-offish with her colleagues - and keeps downgrading the meat. He decides to try and befriend her, and that's when the story becomes a little more interesting. Meantime, there's a robbery at the factory and the police ask the company to engage in some psychological profiling. Remember the deer? Well it appears that both he and she have been simultaneously having that same dream. That's no mean coincidence and as the couple start to bond they find that it's not just their illusions that they have in common, but with both coming with considerable amounts of personal baggage it's not going to be a straightforward relationship. What makes this film a bit different is the unconventional nature of the characters. He's in his mid-forties, a bit emotionally reserved and has a withered arm. She (don't you think she resembles Saoirse Ronan a little?) is almost childlike at times and is seen reliving some of the tensions of her life using kid's toys. Now this isn't exactly a pacy affair, but auteur Ildikó Enyedi takes this two hours to develop two characterful personalities that defy the usual cinema norms of beauty and attraction and yet are still engaging to watch and appreciate. There's a little light relief from the cynical HR boss (Zoltán Schneider) the psychologist (Réka Tenki) serves a series of functions - some less professional the others - as the couple fight to overcome their respective ineptitudes. The workplace scenes are not exactly graphic, but it's still not really a film for the squeamish. Glamorous it isn't, but it does have a degree of realism to it and it's worth a watch.