i am not your friend

Hungary • 2009

Available for bookings

“I Am Not Your Friend is a film of improvisations - not only from the part of the nine amateur actors, but from the D.O.P, the director and the scriptwriters as well. The story unfolded itself instantly by the reactions and ideas of actors during the 20 days of shooting and developed into what is presented to the audience. But the story perhaps is less important than the world which opens up in front of us, a taste of Budapest in January 2008.”

- György Pálfi

Runtime
Language
Subtitles
Color
Format
Sound

100 minutes
Hungarian
English
Color
1.85:1
Dolby

György Pálfi
Zsófia Ruttkay
István Szülek, Gyöngyvér Országh, Corbisier Kim, Kamilla Fátyol, Zsolt Páll, Kata Farkas

Director & writer
Co-writer
Starring

  • "Made in Mike Leigh’s style of improvisation, the film plays with truth and reality."

    Cinema Without Borders

  • "A darkly comic Soderberghian exercise in low budget improvisation."

    Joshua Chaplinsky

    ScreenAnarchy

  • "An engaging dark comedy sustained with Pálfi’s suspenseful unsettling tone."

    The Scene

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IN THEATERS

Only available for theatrical bookings. Contact us to learn more.

PAST SCREENINGS

American Cinematheque Los Angeles, CA • BAMCínematek Brooklyn, NY • Calgary International Film Festival Calgary, AB • Denver Film Festival Denver, CO • European Union Film Showcase Silver Spring, MD • SEE Fest Los Angeles, CA • Toronto International Film Festival Toronto, ON

CONTACT US

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* Also available, György Pálfi's short films A Hal (1997), Shaman vs Icarus (2003), and I Will Not Be Your Friend (2009)