A new U.S. trailer has dropped for one of the year’s most celebrated romances — and undeniably its weirdest. “Is it possible that two people dream the same thing?” asks Maria (Alexandra Borbély) in the spot for Ildikó Enyedi’s foreign-language Oscar nominee “On Body and Soul.” In this world, it is indeed possible. Maria is living proof. The slaughterhouse employee and a co-worker (Géza Morcsányi) share the same dreams. They meet in a forest — as deers — and fall in love, but when they try to make their dreams a reality, the transition proves difficult.
“On Body and Soul” made its world premiere at the Berlinale, where it took home the fest’s highest honor, the Golden Bear. It’s also up for an Oscar in the this year’s foreign-language category.
“There are so many challenges in filmmaking apart from being a woman, which is just one of the challenges. Coming from Eastern Europe, I know [this challenge] very well. There are a lots of bitter, humiliating, derogatory moments before your project gets financed,” Enyedi told us. “But, as soon as you are with your crew, with your team, believe me, they are not stupid: They want a real leader, whatever his or her sex is. They want to know, first of all, if the hard work they will put in your project is worthwhile.”
Enyedi’s debut feature, “My Twentieth Century,” won the Cannes Camera d’Or in 1989. Her other credits include “Tamas and Juli” and “Simon Magus.”
“On Body and Soul” is now streaming on Netflix.
