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Liza, the Fox-Fairy (Hungarian: Liza, a rókatündér) is a 2015 Hungarian black comedy film directed by Károly Ujj Mészáros, starring Mónika Balsai, Szabolcs Bede-Fazekas and David Sakurai. The film drew an audience of over 100,000 in Hungary.[3]
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| Liza, a rókatündér | |
| Directed by | Károly Ujj Mészáros |
| Written by | Károly Ujj Mészáros Bálint Hegedűs |
| Based on | Liselotte és a május by Zsolt Pozsgai |
| Produced by | István Major, Csanád Darvas (as associate producer) |
| Starring | Mónika Balsai Szabolcs Bede-Fazekas David Sakurai |
| Cinematography | Péter Szatmári |
| Edited by | Judit Czakó |
| Music by | Dániel Csengery Ambrus Tövisházi |
Production company | Filmteam |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | Hungary |
| Language | Hungarian |
| Budget | $1.5–1.6 million[1] |
| Box office | $$532,381[2] |
The film's music was elected as one of 2015's "catchiest soundtracks" in Hungary[4] and four songs were recorded on a limited 7-inch vinyl.[5]
Liza is a 30-year-old, naïve, lonely nurse living in "Csudapest",[note 1] the capital of a fictionalized 1970s Hungary with a capitalist system. She has taken care of Márta, the widow of the former Japanese ambassador, for the last 12 years. Taking inspiration from a cheap Japanese romance novel, on her 30th birthday, Liza goes to a Mekk Burger restaurant in hopes of falling in love. While she’s away, Márta is killed by Liza's only friend, Tomy Tani, the ghost of a Japanese pop singer from the 1950s, resulting in Liza inheriting her apartment. Relatives report Liza to the police for murdering Márta. Sergeant Zoltan is put on the case, who gets very nearly killed in the process, and falls slowly in love with Liza after moving into her apartment as a flatmate. She gains confidence, but all her dating efforts end in fatal accidents. Liza is convinced that she has become a fox-fairy, a demon from Japanese mythology. According to the legend, men who fall in love with a fox-fairy die soon afterwards, and the fox-fairy is doomed to be alone forever.
The film is based on the play Liselotte és a május by Zsolt Pozsgai.[8] The Japanese theme was added by Károly Ujj Mészáros, who was fascinated by Japanese culture, especially pop music from the 1960s and 1970s. He was also attracted by similarities between Japanese and Hungarian traditions. He had directed several commercials in Japan, which gave him further familiarity with Japanese culture.[9] The film was produced by Filmteam with co-production support from Origo Film Group. The budget was 420 million forint (~1.6 million USD), of which 220 million came from the Hungarian National Film Fund.[1] The cast rehearsed for a month before filming started.[9]
The film was released theatrically in Hungary on 19 February 2015. It was also screened at various film like Fantasporto Film Festival in Portugal) on 2 March 2015 and Seattle International Film Festival (USA) on 25 May 2015.[10]
An Indian adaptation of the film, titled Aafat-E-Ishq, was released on October 29, 2021.[39]
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