José Costa is a Brazilian ghost writer. Returning from a ghost writers convention his airplane is rerouted to Budapest. His life is also rerouted when he meets Krista and with her help, learns "the only language in the world which, according to the tongue-wagers, the devil respects.
Acting
Medeiros and Hámori's smoldering, language-obsessed chemistry.
Cinematography
Budapest as melancholic seductress, all yellow streetlamps and Danube fog.
Director
Walter Carvalho
Leonardo Medeiros
José Costa
Gabriella Hámori
Kriszta
Giovanna Antonelli
Vanda
Paolla Oliveira
Mulher amada
Débora Nascimento
Teresa
Ivo Canelas
Álvaro
Antonie Kamerling
Kaspar
Nicolau Breyner
Escritor francês
András Bálint
(uncredited)
Karina Kecskés
(uncredited)
Péter Kálloy Molnár
(uncredited)
Tamás Puskás
(uncredited)
Rajhona Ádám
(uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Chico Buarque's novel, who reportedly refused to adapt it himself for decades.
The 'devil respects Hungarian' myth references the language's genuine isolation — no Indo-European relatives, impenetrable to outsiders.
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