Quiet 10-year-old Zsofi has just changed schools. Feeling out of place at first, she is quickly admitted to the school’s famous choir and befriends her popular classmate Liza. Soon, they have to stand up united against their choir master, who isn’t quite the friendly and inspirational teacher they first thought she was.
Acting
The girls' silent rebellion—says everything without dialogue
Direction
Deák builds unbearable tension in a fluorescent classroom
Writing
Economy of storytelling: 25 mins, zero fat, full arc
Director
Kristóf Deák
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a true 1992 Budapest scandal; the real choir's rebellion became a national conversation about educational authoritarianism in post-communist Hungary.
Deák cast non-actors from actual Budapest choirs; Dorka Gáspárfalvi had never acted before and learned the entire score plus mime choreography in weeks.
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