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The Erpatak Model

Benny Brunner
Screening time  
26.02. / Friday, 22:00 - 00:00 Theatre 5  
Hyper energetic and ultra nationalist mayor of Érpatak, is possessed by delusions of order, discipline and control.

Zoltán Mihály Orosz is the hyper energetic and ultra nationalist mayor of Érpatak, a village of 1,750 inhabitants in eastern Hungary. Mayor Orosz is possessed by delusions of order, discipline and control. He divides the villagers into "builders" and "destroyers"; supporters and opponents of his Érpatak Model. The mayor’s ultimate goal is the creation of a "sacred and organic dictatorship" where the supreme values are order, discipline and fighting spirit as they unite the community on a local level and the nation on a country level.

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Benny Brunner

Benny Brunner is an Israeli-Dutch filmmaker based in Amsterdam. Before becoming a professional film director he studied at Tel Aviv University's Film and Television Department, 1978 – 1982. He directed Romania, The Taming of the Intellectuals (1990), A Philosopher For All Seasons (1991), The Seventh Million – The Israelis and the Holocaust (1995) and Al Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948 (1997).

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THE ÉRPATAK MODEL

Netherlands
2014, 76'

Directed by:
Benny Brunner

Cinematography:
Benny Brunner

Edited by:
Noemi Mehrli

Producer:
Benny Brunner

Produced by:
2911 Foundation

Festivals & Awards:

Budapest International Documentary Festival 2015 – Main Award; Visions du Réel 2015; Biografilm Festival 2015; Astra Film Festival 2015; Festival Diritti Umani 2015