In competition films
Liza, a rókatündér
Liza, The Fox Fairy
by Károly Ujj-Mészáros – Hungary, 2015
(98', O.V. with italian subtitles)
Liza has taken care of Marta, widow of the former Japanese ambassador, for the last 12 years. Liza’s only companion is her imaginary friend, Tomy Tani, the ghost of a Japanese pop singer from the 1950s. It’s her birthday, and so Liza goes to a Mekk Burger’s to find romance. While she’s away, Marta dies. Jealous relatives report Liza to the police for murdering Marta to inherit her apartment. Sergeant Zoltan is put on the case. The policeman rents a room from Liza so he can keep a closer eye on his suspect. Zoltan secretly repairs a stack of faulty fittings, very nearly gets killed in the process, and falls slowly in love with Liza. Liza gains confidence and begins to look better when she takes tips from a women’s magazine, but all her dating efforts end in fatal accidents orchestrated by Tomy Tani. Liza is convinced that she has become a fox-fairy, a deadly demon from Japanese folklore. The battle for Liza’s life begins between the mysterious pop singer and Sergeant Zoltan.
A peculiar and poignant comedy set in a fictionalized 1970s Hungary with a capitalist system… Liza, The Fox-Fairy is a sarcastic fairy tale for grownups.
Károly Ujj-Mészáros
Károly Ujj-Mészáros (1968) made 10 short features in over the last decade that won a dozen of prizes on more than 30 national and international short film festivals. He shot over 200 commercials over the last 15 years and also a theatre play. He has a university degree of economics.
Liza, the Fox-Fairy was his break-through debut feature which was an outstanding hit at the box office in Hungary.