What a woman wants and what she can get – that's the essence of recently released “Fresh Air” by promising Hungarian film director Agnes Kocsis. Her debut drama has been widely acclaimed by critics all over the world.
“Some critics say my films are similar to Pedro Almodovar's ones. Some even state they look like Bergman's movies. But ”I think my films are unique, so the critics can't even define what they are like," Agnes Kocsis says.
The film is about the lives of two women, Viola and her daughter. Living in a cramped apartment, they rarely speak to each other and just watch soap operas and have meals together.
The mother is cleaning toilets in the local underground while her daughter is dreaming of hitting the big time and becoming a world-famous fashion-designer. In the meantime she sews clothes for second-hand shops. So all they are seeking is fresh air.
Quite surprisingly, the story of the women's loneliness was written by a man, Italian scriptwriter Andrea Roberti who says that his characters' lives are not hopeless at all. They are still happy, but only a very attentive viewer can notice their happiness.
