GENTLE

Competition

Once the spray tan and stage makeup are washed away after her latest bodybuilding competition, Edina is immediately back at the gym. World championships are quickly approaching, and there’s more pressure riding on her proportionately built shoulders than ever. Adam, her partner and trainer, and former bodybuilding champion himself, closely monitors her food and supplement intake, criticizing any small misstep. As the financial, emotional, and physical burden of maintaining her lifestyle increases, Edina finds spiritual release in the unlikeliest of places — working as a specialty escort. From the grueling workouts and controlling atmosphere at the gym to the playful, freewheeling nature of the escort service, Gentle deftly navigates Edina’s disparate worlds and the mounting friction between them. Co-directors Anna Eszter Nemes and László Csuja intimately explore the underbelly of an industry solely devoted to appearance, revealing its human cost. Nonprofessional actor Eszter Csonka delivers a powerful corporeal performance as Edina, using her sturdy physique to subtly evoke Edina’s internal struggle between cementing her legacy as a world champion and leaving it all behind to save herself.
SZELÍD / SANFT
DEU, HUN 2022 / 92 min / OV + eng SUB
Language: Hungarian
Director: László Csuja, Anna Nemes
Screenings
  • Caligari FilmBühne Sa, 23.04. / 20:15 Uhr
  • DFF, Frankfurt Sun, 24.04. / 18:00 Uhr
  • Murnau-Filmtheater Sun, 24.04. / 20:00 Uhr
  • Screenplay: László Csuja, Anna Nemes
  • Cinematographer: Zágon Nagy
  • Editor: Attila Csabai
  • Music: Tamas Kreiner
  • Sound: Gábor Császár
  • Cast: Eszter Csonka, György Turós, Csaba Krisztik
  • Producer: András Muhi, Gábor Ferenczy
  • Co-Producer: Jonas Dombach, Janine Jackowski
  • Production Company: FocusFox
  • Co-Production Company: Komplizen Film
  • World Sales: Films Boutique

Once the spray tan and stage makeup are washed away after her latest bodybuilding competition, Edina is immediately back at the gym. World championships are quickly approaching, and there’s more pressure riding on her proportionately built shoulders than ever. Adam, her partner and trainer, and former bodybuilding champion himself, closely monitors her food and supplement intake, criticizing any small misstep. As the financial, emotional, and physical burden of maintaining her lifestyle increases, Edina finds spiritual release in the unlikeliest of places — working as a specialty escort. From the grueling workouts and controlling atmosphere at the gym to the playful, freewheeling nature of the escort service, Gentle deftly navigates Edina’s disparate worlds and the mounting friction between them. Co-directors Anna Eszter Nemes and László Csuja intimately explore the underbelly of an industry solely devoted to appearance, revealing its human cost. Nonprofessional actor Eszter Csonka delivers a powerful corporeal performance as Edina, using her sturdy physique to subtly evoke Edina’s internal struggle between cementing her legacy as a world champion and leaving it all behind to save herself.
  • Screenplay: László Csuja, Anna Nemes
  • Cinematographer: Zágon Nagy
  • Editor: Attila Csabai
  • Music: Tamas Kreiner
  • Sound: Gábor Császár
  • Cast: Eszter Csonka, György Turós, Csaba Krisztik
  • Producer: András Muhi, Gábor Ferenczy
  • Co-Producer: Jonas Dombach, Janine Jackowski
  • Production Company: FocusFox
  • Co-Production Company: Komplizen Film
  • World Sales: Films Boutique