The screening, which took place as part of a programme celebrating the culture of Marseille, involved a bit of chance, the director said.
?The French Institute called just as I finished Cassos,? Carrese said. ?First I suggested they pick from among my television films, but when I learnt that the programme series was about Marseille, I myself recommended this film,? he added.
Many of the author and director?s books have a close connection to the people of Marseille.
?The fact that the world premiere is taking place here is unintentional, it will be shown in France only in the summer,? he said.
Cassos is a road film about a timid insurance salesman who becomes a ruthless hit man in the course of an evening chauffeuring a gangster.
Carrese is the author of 19 detective novels and knows his genre well.
?Cassos is quite close to my novels, which are usually about people who get into impossible situations and can?t keep abreast of the pace of things,? he said.
Carrese added that humour plays an important role in his books.
He grew up with the crime films of Georges Lautner, which he saw with his grandmother, but said the work of the Coen brothers also influenced him.
?My novels take place in a world that is a little like the one in a film directed by the Coen brothers. On the one hand, there is violence, but at the same time very funny things happen,? he said. ?Cassos fits into this vein, but it also brings all kinds of novelty,? he added.
Carrese studied filmmaking, but also writes soundtracks and can play several instruments. He draws as a hobby.
The multitalented director is in Hungary for the first time and he conceded that he is drawn more to Southern Europe. He added that his latest novel ? the first to depart from the crime story genre ? takes place in a concentration camp in Slovakia.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
