Join us at Örökmozgó for “Wine & A Movie.” Every month we will be featuring a themed tasting of around eight Hungarian wines preceding a select film at Örökmozgó, a Budapest film institution. Sample some new wines with us, and then stay and enjoy more wine with the film (during which you will be able to purchase wine at the back of the theater).
(View a clip here. Note: The film with have English subtitles)
When: Saturday March 6th. Tasting begins at 5:30pm. Movie begins at 6:30pm.
Film: Szindbád (1971)
Wine: Hungarian native varietals from around the country
Where: Örökmozgó (VII. Erzsébet körút 39, www.filmintezet.hu)
Cost: 200-500 Ft for tasting tickets (for ½ dl tasting pours of wine). 800 Ft for the film.
“Actually, this movie treats food more seductively than most I’ve seen; perhaps intentionally, eating comes through more pungently than sex.” — New York Times
SZINDBÁD: There is no better film to kick-off “Wine & A Movie” with than this Hungarian cinematic classic. The film—based on numerous short stories by Hungarian author Gyula Krúdy—contains one of the best-ever film food scenes when Szindbád slowly, ritualistically eats a bowl of bone-marrow soup. The film follows the exploits of this aging philanderer around the year 1900, delving into his memories as well as his many affairs. Sensual and whimsical, with a heavy use of imagery, it revolves around his memories, with him revisiting them in person and in his fantasies. Like Krúdy himself, Szindbád spends much of his time dining in restaurants.
Directed by Zoltán Huszárik; screenplay by Zoltán Huszárik based on the novels of Gyula Krúdy; director of photography, Sándor Sára; music, Zoltán Jeney. With Zoltán Latinovits, Margit Dayka, and Éva Ruttkay. A Mafilm Studio production.