What would you sacrifice to bring back the dead — and who pays the price?
Alex is trying to bring back his dead girlfriend, Linda, from the Other Side through an obscure castle, where people can visit their loved ones. Suddenly, a plan occurs to him in the castle. He meets Lala, who got tragically stuck in transit for long years. She collects travelers’ soul for the castle to reduce her own years. Alex plans to trick Lala to the Other Side and leave her there in exchange for Linda. The lovers unite on the Other Side, but death cannot be fooled, Alex’s misdeed does not remain unpunished.
Cinematography
The castle's liminal spaces feel genuinely uncanny.
Writing
Economical storytelling — every minute earns its weight.
Director
Vida Benedek
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Benedek's 18-minute runtime deliberately mirrors the bureaucratic limbo of grief — nothing resolves quickly.
The soul-transit system evokes Hungarian folklore's 'túlvilág' but reimagined as capitalist purgatory.
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