Film detail | Hungarian Folk Tales: The Tale of the Slothful Boy

Magyar népmesék: A rest legényről

International Competition of Animated Films for Children

Country: Hungary
Language: Hungarian
Subtitles: English
Directed by: Mária Horváth
Year: 2012
Length: 8`
Rating: 7
Story: Mária Horváth
Screenplay: Mária Horváth
Director of Photography: György Nagy
Music: Vilmos Gryllus
Edited by: György Nagy
Main Animator: János csiga Szabó, László Király, Zsuzsanna Nyúl
Production: Kecskemétfilm Ltd.

Synopsis: This is the story of a boy named Slothful Johnny, a boy who was not only slothful, but also kind and given to daydreaming. But one day he overcomes his laziness and returns a magic fish to the waters of the river. The fish promises in return to grant his every wish, and all the boy's wishes come true, he even wins the hand of the princess, who has given birth to his son.

Mária Horváth: Mária Horváth (1952) is a Hungarian film animator and director. She studied gold-smithy at the High School of Art in Pécs. In 1971 she began working at the production company of Kecskemét Film Studio. Her work is a synthesis of poetry and animation. From her rich and award-winning animated productions we will mention the films Deep in the Night (Az éjszaka csodái, 1982), Green Tree Street 66 (Zöldfa u. 66, 1992), Folk Songs (Kis emberek dalai, 1997) and Talking Stone (Mesél and ko, 2004).

Where and when Hungarian Folk Tales: The Tale of the Slothful Boy is screened

Where	When	Reservation
Golden Apple Cinema, č. 2	May 30th at 13:10	N/A

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