Lily Lane 2016
Lily Lane 2016
Liliom ösvény (original title)
1h 31m | Drama | 19 May 2016 (Hungary)
Storyline:
A mother seeks out her estranged father in the aftermath of her mother’s death.
User review:
Elusive and unique. This is how we can label the average Hungarian film that reaches the Dutch art house. Sometimes mega-long (‘Sátántangó), sometimes mega-weird (‘Hukkle’), sometimes mega-gruesome (‘Son of Saul’). Sometimes an undivided pleasure, often captivating.
‘Just the Wind’ by Benedek Fliegauf, a gloomy film from 2012 about the murder of Hungarian Roma, also fitted into that list. In 2016, director Fliegauf’s next film sees the light, a film that at first glance deals with a more peaceful subject. In ‘Lily Lane’ we meet Rebeka and Danni, divorced mother and seven-year-old son. On the days that Dani lives with Rebeka, she reads him a gruesome, self-made fairy tale. A fairy tale that at first glance seems to be about Rebeka’s failed marriage, but at second glance…
‘Lily Lane’ focuses entirely on the almost symbiotic relationship between mother and son. That relationship is very similar to that between Jack and his mother in the intense ‘Room’ (2015). The difference with that film is that Jack and his mother are held by a criminal type while Rebeka opts for isolation. Where you regularly wonder whether Rebeka is completely fresh from above.
This simple story comes to us in an exuberant style. We see home-made movies from the time when things were still going well between Rebeka and her ex and we see horror-like ghost images, where it is always guessing whose head we ended up in (Rebeka? Dani? Fliegauf?). Opposite are the calm and beautiful images of the daily life of Rebeka and Dani. The soundtrack, on the other hand, is unusual, often on the verge of horror. While the film is more like a fairy tale than a real horror.
After 90 minutes of ‘Lily Lane’ you are left with the question of what exactly you have been watching. The story itself eventually becomes clear, but less clear are the choices Fliegauf makes here. Why exactly this strange mixture of drama, fairytale and horror? Why isolation as a bonding agent, when it is clear that Dani also has a life besides that with his mother? It makes ‘Lily Lane’ a movie that intrigues and entertains, but never quite pulls you in. In this case a missed opportunity.
Director: Benedek Fliegauf
Writer: Benedek Fliegauf(screenplay)
Stars: Angéla Stefanovics, Bálint Sótonyi, Miklós Székely B.
Countries of origin: Hungary, Germany, France
Language: Hungarian
Also known as: Lily Lane
Filming locations: Buda Hills, Budapest, Hungary
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4
File size : 2.31 GiB
Duration : 1 h 30 min
Overall bit rate : 3 635 kb/s
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