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Liza, the Fox-Fairy

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Liza is a naïve, lonely 30-year-old nurse who wants to fall in love. Her only company is a long-dead Japanese pop star, who turns her into a fox-fairy out of jealousy. Now, every man who desires Liza shall die horribly. Can she overcome the curse?

Status: Released

Released Date: 2015-02-19

Runtime: 98 mins

Director: Károly Ujj Mészáros

Writer: Bálint Hegedűs, Károly Ujj Mészáros

Spoken language: Magyar, 日本語

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Original title: Liza, the Fox-Fairy

Production Companies: Origo Film Group, Filmteam

Production Countries: Hungary

Cast

Liza

Mónika Balsai

Tomy Tani

David Sakurai

Zoltán Zászlós

Szabolcs Bede-Fazekas

Zoltán Schmied

Gábor Reviczky

Piroska Molnár

Antal Cserna

Győző Szabó

Ági Gubík

Kata Purt

Klára Jarábik

Reviews

Rangan

> Something new I never expected from the Hungarian film. I loved 'Citizen Dog' and this movie falls under the same category. I haven't seen many Hungarian films, but recently I saw and liked 'White God'. After seeing the overwhelmed responses to this, I think I anticipated a lot only to get disappointed. I'm not completely upset with it, I liked the story, maybe I expected more cute and innocence like an Audrey Tautou character from 'Amélie'. There are lots of fun that you could feel the movie is not simply trying to impress you, but begin to evolve to build a fine storyline and a better conclusion. The deaths, inclusion of a Japanese character, songs and a fairytale is how the concept was developed that became the centre of the narration. At a time I felt a little too much use of them is why my interest on this slightly declined during the watch. I definitely won't consider it a bad movie, but only felt it should have been a little better in the storytelling. I might have not liked it as much as other similar films, but it's a superior quality, with the good performances. I think anyone who enjoyed 'Citizen Dog' and 'Amelie' should try it with the low expectation. 6/10

2016-01-24

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