It is 1912. In a small town’s parish school run by priests the school year starts off in an ordinary way. This autumn, however, the pupils are overcome by a strangely overwhelming rowdiness, leading them to come up with increasingly more outrageous pranks.
The school welcomes a new teacher, Father Weigl. The new, young teacher is aghast at his colleagues’ liberal approach to the excessively bad behaviour of the teenage pupils. Father Zoltán, the form master of the 7th year students, pays less and less attention to the events taking place right around him. His younger brother, deafened in a boxing match, was on his way to Boston for surgery at Father Zoltán’s urging. The brother was aboard the Titanic, which collided with an iceberg. The official report on the injured and casualties is yet to be released.
One day, events take a sudden turn…
Director: Péter Gárdos
Screenplay: Zsuzsa Bíró
Based on: Dezső Kosztolányi: Prank
Director of photography: László Seregi Jr.
Editor: Mari Miklós
Sound: Ferenc Császár
Visual design: Péter Horgas
Costumes: Márta Jánoskúti
Production manager: Zsolt Monostori
Producer: Dénes Szekeres
Production company: Tivoli-Filmproduction
Cast: Tamás Lengyel, Lóránd Váta
Prizes:
2009 – Budapest Hungarian Film Week
Best Director: Péter Gárdos
2009 – Ourense International Independent Film Festival
Special Mention
Festivals:
2010 – Lagów International Film Festival (in competition)
2010 – Moscow DetectiveFEST (in competition)
2010 – Sighisoara Film Festival
2010 – Syracuse International Film Festival
2010 – Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth (in competition)
2009 – Budapest Hungarian Film Week (in competition)
2009 – Chicago International Film Festival (in competition)
2009 – Moscow International Film Festival (in competition)
2009 – Ourense International Independent Film Festival (in competition)
2009 – Săo Paulo International Film Festival