The leap off the roof of a dilapidated block of flats in Budapest triggers a kaleidoscope of humorous and surrealistic insights into the ordinary lives of ordinary people.
»What tea do you want? We’ve got some mint tea,« an old woman mutters to her apathetic husband, with whom she shares her cluttered home. She then goes up to the roof of her apartment block, from where she surveys the evening skyline over Budapest. And she jumps. We catch a fleeting glimpse of the other flats as the woman plunges past their windows, a picturesque cast of characters and settings, putting a name to the “diagnosis” that shapes their inhabitants and addressing the issue of present-day “normalcy”.
»For me, I think the absurd, the grotesque and the humour is very important. I had to show the audience strong visual elements. In the Free Fall, nobody wants to ask why you do this, what about the script, where your characters are or where they are going. So I could make an experimental film about how we can destroy the normal feature film structure.« (György Pálfi)
György Pálfi
Born in 1974 in Budapest, Pálfi studied film directing at the Budapest Theatre and Film Academy. He drew international attention with his feature debut Hukkle, honoured with a European Film Award. His second feature, Taxidermia, quickly became known for its kinkiness and violence. His award-winning films are regularly screened at major international film festivals.