Special Episode: Sundance 2022- Gentle directors Anna Eszter Nemes and László Csuja

Gentle tells the story of Edina, a Hungarian woman bodybuilder
pushing her body to the limit. Her relentless trainer is also her
boyfriend, determined to make her a world champion, and he controls
her entire life. Edina secretly turns to a specialty escort service
to earn enough money for all her supplements and special drugs,
where she finds comfort and begins falling for one client in
particular. Real-life bodybuilder Eszter Csonka does an excellent
job of expressing the emotional state of Edina as her feelings
awaken. Directors Anna Eszter Nemes and László Csuja wanted
Gentle's message to be that love makes you human and free.
Bodybuilding takes a huge physical and emotional toll on Edina's
life, and becoming an escort enables her to find a new kind of
freedom and intimacy in her life. Anna and László wanted the movie
to be very still and methodical in its pacing, because bodybuilding
is not about words, it's about making the body into a work of art.
As a painter, Anna had explored the world of female bodybuilders
and it intrigued her enough to start writing the film with
co-director László. They worked closely with their DP, Zágon Nagy
and decided to visually separate her gym life from her personal
life as an escort, using more color and camera movement when she
begins to get in touch with her feelings, versus a locked-off
camera with extreme close ups when she is working out or competing.
Gentle premiered at the Sundance 2022 Film Festival and is seeking
sales and U.S. distribution. Find director Anna Eszter Nemes:
https://www.cineuropa.org/en/film/419980/ Find director László
Csuja: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3773806/ Sponsored by Hot Rod
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