The Wednesday Child (A szerdai gyerek) Maja and Krisz – both 19-years-old – are a couple living on the outskirts of Budapest. They survive day to day and support themselves with odd jobs, some of which don’t always respect the law. They grew up together in an orphanage and now have a 4-year-old son who lives in the same orphanage. Krisz doesn’t want anything to do with the boy. He is, after all, practically a child himself and wants to move on with his life. But not Maja. Despite being an irresponsible teenage parent, Maja desperately fights to get custody of her child. She doesn’t want her son to suffer the same fate that she has. When Maja gets into a microcredit program that offers small loans to people living in deep poverty to support their entrepreneurial ventures, the prospect of a new life is opened to her. It’s her chance to find herself and grow – not only as a member of society, but also as a woman. “The Wednesday Child is my first feature and is currently in post-production. After making some award-winning short films and graduating from the University of Theatre and Film in Budapest, I really wanted to tell this coming-of-age story. It’s about Maja, a girl standing on the threshold of adulthood, but is stuck in a rather unusual situation because she’s the mother of a 4-year-old boy who lives in an orphanage. »You were born on a Wednesday, and Wednesday’s children can make it anywhere they really want to.« These were the last words Maja heard from her mother before Maja was abandoned as a child. Maja is now 19. She tries to live by those words – fighting against all hope to get custody of her son, despite her self-destructive tendencies. Her struggles lead her into an unexpected love story. I hope our film reaches arthouse cinema-goers who want to see a film full of inner tension. I want people across the world to keep their fingers crossed for Maja.” – Lili Horváth DIRECTOR: Lili Horváth DOP: Róbert Maly MAIN CAST: Kinga Vecsei, Zsolt Antal, Szabolcs Thuróczy, Enikő Börcsök, Annamária Németh, Ede Kovács PRODUCED BY: Károly Fehér CO-PRODUCED BY: Henning Kamm, Fabian Gasmia, Ági Pataki CONTACT: karcsi@popfilm.hu
The film was supported by the Hungarian Film Fund and produced by Popfilm.
HUNGARIAN FILM MAGAZINE
49