Fantasporto

The film is about two brothers during Communist Hungary who were great dancers and once upon a time danced together. But while one brother kept dancing, the other gave it up. Now they meet twenty years later to dance together again.

I interviewed Endre Hules a year ago before the film was finished. And now here in Fantasporto I will finally see the finished film.

When I interviewed Endre, this is what he had to say about his film:

ENDRE: The Maiden Danced to Death is the story of two brothers, who used to run a dance company together in Hungary during the Communist era. The older one was a rebel, who provoked the authorities until they decided to get rid of him and canceled his passport while he was abroad. The younger one was a conformist and managed to cope and keep the dance studio running. Twenty years later - after the demise of Communism - the older brother returns and their life choices come back to haunt them. The inspiration came from the very real antagonism between the sizeable Hungarian diaspora - mostly political refugees - and those who remained in Hungary. I was always wondering if these suspicions could be resolved somehow so those groups could help each other better. This film is part of that thinking process.

read our interview here:

http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/vanessa_mcmahon/the_maiden_danced_to_death...