Fine, Thanks
Ďakujem, dobre
Mátyás Prikler
Fine,Thanks consists of three main stories during the current financial crisis. Miroslav, a man of means with his own way of dealing with problems in his company, the troubles of his brother, and the sadness of his wife, who is an alcoholic. Béla is a pensioner whose wife died and his children put him in a retirement home because he was no longer needed. Béla's son, Attila, lost his job and his marriage is falling apart. His efforts at keeping his family together lead to the worst Christmas he, his wife Zuza and his children have ever had.
With : Attila Mokos, Miroslav Krobot, Bela Varady
Screenplay : Marek Leščák, Mátyás Prikler
Image : Peter Balcar, Milan Balog
Sound : Dušan Kozák
Editing : Maroš Šlapeta, Zuzana Cséplő
Screenplay : Marek Leščák, Mátyás Prikler
Image : Peter Balcar, Milan Balog
Sound : Dušan Kozák
Editing : Maroš Šlapeta, Zuzana Cséplő
Production : MPhilms Ltd., Daniela Chlapikovà, Hornà 5, 83152 Bratislava, Slovaquie // Tel. : +421905199428 // Email : pr@mphilms.sk
Mátyás Prikler was born in Bratislava, Slovakia. He graduated in Film Directing from the Academy of Performing Arts (VŠMU) in Bratislava. He has made several short and medium-length films. His latest short film Thanks, Fine was selected for the competition in the Cinéfondation section at Cannes IFF 2010. Fine, Thanks is his first fiction feature.
"One day, my friend, co-scriptwriter Marek Leščák, and I looked around and started watching what was going on in the world around us. Then we wrote the film Fine, Thanks. All the scenes included in our movie are based on real-life situations that we have experienced or observed around us. We wanted to make a movie about the world and the times we live in. From the director's point of view, my essential aim was for my movie to be authentic and truthful. I was challenged by the idea of making a fiction feature, which looks as little "acted" as possible. I went for minimalizing everything that could disrupt the genuineness of situations and the actors appearing in them. That is why we were shooting without lighting, with a simple hand-held camera, and with a minimal crew. We applied the documentary logic of filmmaking in our movie. In other words, we did not adapt things in front of the camera to our purpose, rather we (i.e. the camera) adapted to what was happening in front of it." Mátyás Prikler
"One day, my friend, co-scriptwriter Marek Leščák, and I looked around and started watching what was going on in the world around us. Then we wrote the film Fine, Thanks. All the scenes included in our movie are based on real-life situations that we have experienced or observed around us. We wanted to make a movie about the world and the times we live in. From the director's point of view, my essential aim was for my movie to be authentic and truthful. I was challenged by the idea of making a fiction feature, which looks as little "acted" as possible. I went for minimalizing everything that could disrupt the genuineness of situations and the actors appearing in them. That is why we were shooting without lighting, with a simple hand-held camera, and with a minimal crew. We applied the documentary logic of filmmaking in our movie. In other words, we did not adapt things in front of the camera to our purpose, rather we (i.e. the camera) adapted to what was happening in front of it." Mátyás Prikler