Film Screening: Blue Pelican

Film Screening: Blue Pelican ( László Csáki, 2024, 79’) 22 October, Thursday, 6.00 p.m., AGRFT, Ljubljana In the 1990s Hungary, travelling is finally possible but unaffordable. By forging international train tickets, three young men provide the opportunity for a whole generation to experience the outside world. With the fall of the Iron Curtain, Hungary’s borders suddenly open up. Everyone wants to travel to Western Europe – young people in particular – but the price of a train ticket is prohibitive. What good is freedom if you can’t afford it? Ákos, Petya and Laci discover a simple method of using household detergents to dissolve Pelikan Blue’s carbon ink, allowing them to forge train tickets to any destination. Over time, they become professional and infamous forgery artists. For a long time, everything goes along smoothly, but when the police starts an investigation, the friends discover that freedom comes at a price. Following the film screening, there will be a discussion with film director László Csáki, during which members of the audience will also be able to ask questions about the film. The film will be screened in Hungarian with Slovene subtitles. The program is implemented in cooperation with the Lectorate of Hungarian Language and Culture at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana, with the support of the NFI.