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Sunset
Sunset
	Hungarian theatrical release poster
Directed by	László Nemes
Written by	László Nemes; Clara Royer; Matthieu Taponier;
Produced by	Gábor Sipos; Gábor Rajna; Barnabás Hutlassa;
Starring	Juli Jakab; Vlad Ivanov; Marcin Czarnik; Evelin Dobos; Judit Bárdos
Cinematography	Mátyás Erdély
Edited by	Matthieu Taponier
Music by	László Melis
Production; companies	Hungarian National Film Fund; Laokoon Film Arts; Laokoon Filmgroup;
Distributed by	Mozinet
Release dates	2 September 2018 (Venice); 27 September 2018 (Hungary);
Running time	144 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian
Budget	€8.9 million
Box office	$1.1 million

Sunset (Hungarian: Napszállta) is a 2018 Hungarian historical drama film co-written and directed by László Nemes. It is set in Budapest before World War I, starring newcomer Juli Jakab and Vlad Ivanov. It premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival and was also screened at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.^[5]^[6] It was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.^[7]

Plot

1913, Budapest, in the heart of Europe. The young Irisz Leiter arrives in the Hungarian capital with high hopes to work as a milliner at the legendary hat store that belonged to her late parents. She is nonetheless sent away by the new owner, Oszkár Brill. While preparations are under way at the Leiter hat store to host guests of uttermost importance, a man abruptly comes to Irisz looking for a certain Kálmán Leiter. Refusing to leave the city, the young woman follows Kálmán's tracks, her only link to a lost past. Her quest brings her through the dark streets of Budapest, where only the Leiter hat store shines, into the turmoil of a civilization on the eve of its downfall.

Cast

Juli Jakab as Írisz Leiter
Vlad Ivanov as Oszkár Brill
Evelin Dobos as Zelma
Marcin Czarnik as Sándor
Levente Molnár as Gaspar
Julia Jakubowska as Countess Rédey
Christian Harting as Otto von König
Mihály Kormos as The Caretaker
Sándor Zsótér as Doctor Herz
Dorottya Moldován as Lili
Judit Bárdos as Szeréna
Susanne Wuest as The Princess
Tom Pilath as The Prince
Enrique Keil as Man With Monocle
Balázs Czukor as Nulla
Zsolt Nagy [hu] as Szilágyi
Péter Fancsikai as Robert
Áron Öze as Jubilee Man
Uwe Lauer as The Colonel
Urs Rechn as Ismael
István Pion [hu] as Otto von König's Chauffeur
Björn Freiberg as Man in White

Production

Development

The film received €5 million from the Hungarian National Film Fund and the project is produced by Gabor Sipos and Gabor Rajna through Laokoon Filmgroup. Sunset is being sold and co-produced by French outfit Films Distribution.^[8] The film is expected to get support also from Eurimages.^[9]

Casting

Juli Jakab, who plays the protagonist of the film, was chosen among more than 1,000 Hungarian actresses.^[2]

Filming

Shooting took place between 12 June and 2 September 2017 in Hungary.^[2]^[10]

Release

Sunset premiered in competition at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on 2 September 2018.^[11] The film was released in Hungary on 27 September 2018.^[12]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 60% of 93 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's consensus reads: "Sunset (Napszállta) struggles to fill its runtime with consistently compelling drama, but uses one woman's experiences to convincingly capture a society at a crossroads."^[13] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100 based on 23 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[14]