Your boring brother + your dead mom's replacement + a crush = accidental bestseller material.
Nina loves to make up stories, she wants to become a writer. Though she has her creative talent from her filmmaker father, there’s just one problem: Her clumsy magician brother Junior is bored of her stories. And since her mother died early, it’s difficult for Nina when a new love comes into her dad’s life. With the guidance of a bohemian writer next door, Nina uses writing to process the loss of her mother and open her heart to a new family member and first love. And suddenly, Nina realizes, her life is becoming a novel!
Acting
Villő Demeter carries every eye-roll perfectly
Writing
Meta narration that actually lands
Costume
Lídia's bohemian scarf collection is goals
Director
Nóra Lakos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hungarian cinema's recent wave of female coming-of-age stories puts this in conversation with 2023's 'Explanation for Everything' — but way softer.
Director Nóra Lakos previously edited several acclaimed dramas; her first feature shows that editor's patience with emotional beats.
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