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Organized by Bunyik Entertainment, Balázs Lóth’s action drama titled Now or Never! will have its United States premiere at the prestigious Laemmle Royal in Santa Monica on April 14, 2024 at 4PM.
On March 15, 1848, a young firebrand poet, Sándor Petöfi ignites the Hungarian Revolution with his passionate ‘National Song’, prompting the Austrians to dispatch a ruthless secret agent to assassinate him and suppress the uprising.
Original title: Most vagy soha! (2024)
Hungary, 2 hours 15 minutes
action / drama / adventure / historical
Hungarian with English subtitles
SYNOPSIS
In 1848, the Habsburg Empire’s tyranny cast a dark shadow over Eastern Europe. In Pest-Buda, a young firebrand poet Petőfi Sándor dreams of an independent Hungary, and when a revolt breaks out in Vienna, he seizes the moment, and with his friends goes to the streets. Here they declare their 12 demands for independence and Petőfi recites the “National Song,” which fast becomes the revolution’s anthem. Little do they know that the Austrians have tasked a secret police agent, the Hungarian turncoat Farkasch, to thwart the uprising and eliminate Petőfi! The cunning Farkasch’s fanatical pursuit of the mission leads to a tense cat and mouse game with deadly consequences…
About the Director
BALÁZS LOTH is a Hungarian film director with 25 years of experience in film and television. He graduated at the Hungarian University of Theatre and Film Art and at the University of Szeged. He also studied at the New York Film Academy and the Budapest Cinematography Masterclass 2003, where he participated in a cinematography masterclass led by Vilmos Zsigmond and László Kovács. He has directed more than 150 television episodes, 3 feature films, 5 short films, and over 600 commercials and music videos. As a cinematographer, he has worked on more than 200 productions.
His short film “Epilogue” received numerous international festival awards and nominations. He is a winner of the HBO Screenwriting Competition, with awards including the Golden Drum - Kodak Drum Award for Best Public Interest Commercial, the Talentum Award from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Széchenyi Academy of Arts and Letters in 2010, and the Best Director Award at the Kimera International Film Festival.
As a commercial director, he has worked with international brands such as Volkswagen, Sony, DHL, Media Markt, Zwack, Warner Music, Universal, GlaxoSmithKline, Egis Pharmaceuticals, and Ubisoft. Directing the Hungarian film “Most vagy soha!” (Now or Never!) is a great honor for him: he is determined to pay tribute to the memory of Petőfi and the March Youth with a story rich in emotions.