The festival organisers, who put Schilling?s adaptation of The Seagull among the ?highlights? on the 2006 festival programme, said his latest work is the product of steps to broaden the circle of participants and enrich the means of expression in his productions.
?Centred on three members of a broken family, the trilogy presents three attempts at ?community?. The fascinating final part?,The Priestess, includes autobiographical references. Following the mother?s journey, we see experienced actress Lilla Gát leaving the theatres of Budapest to teach drama to young Hungarian and Roma children in the countryside. However, her unconventional and perhaps naive approach doesn?t get the reception she expected ?The Priestess is as much a documentary film about a rural and divided region as it is a socio-educational experiment conducted on stage with teenagers. A disturbing theatrical adventure somewhere between reality and fiction, art and life.?
The production was supported by the Balassi Institute in Brussels.
Source: Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTI)
