Vivien

Vivien, '35 min. documentary

Blog of the film: vivienfilm.blogspot.com

Vivien was born in a small, remote village in eastern Hungary; she has two siblings. Her Roma parents waited 15 years to conceive a child. Alongside their great joy came a great sorrow when they learned that one of the three babies, Vivien, was blind. When she was a small child, she often encouraged her mother: "Mama, don't cry, I can see well enough.”

In 2006 the family reached a turning point. Their happy family life came to an end when Vivien had to leave her village home for the city, to attend a school for the blind.

Hopes, disappointments, joys, unexpected situations. The film covers ten years of the family.

Will such a dream come true for someone whose path is riddled with obstacles, placed there by fate and by society?

Cast

Zoltán Rézműves
Tünde Rézműves
Vivien Rézműves
Tündike Rézműves
Roland Rézműves
Gyula Kecskés
Anna Barta

Director

Eszter Hajdú

Producer

Eszter Hajdú

Cameraman

Klára Trencsényi
Róbert Maly
István Szőnyi
Csilla Szabó

Editor

Gergely Roszik

Music

Sándor Mester (MS3)

Sound

Gerendai Ferenc
Gergely Máté Tóth

Studio

Makoto Yagyu

Singing

Vivien Rézműves

Supported by

Open Society Institute
University of Theatre, Film and Television, Budapest
Budapesti Vidám Park Zrt.