House between the blocks
Apr-19
Radu Afrim
HOUSE BETWEEN THE BLOCKS
A dramedy
Translated by: László Sándor
HOUSE BETWEEN THE BLOCKS
A dramedy
Translated by: László Sándor
A house filled with landscapes and still lifes. A house with large windows through which the relics of communism—the blocks—can be seen. A house where melancholy lives alongside dreamlike visions that feel real. A house awaiting demolition...
The story unfolds between the winter of 1983 and the spring of 1984, in the Both family home in a small Transylvanian town. The Both sisters, Etelka and Ida, are amateur painters who create their works based on early 20th-century postcards. Through the narration of Misi, a foster child who spends his free time in the Both house, we witness fragments from the lives of the sisters and their mother.
Radu Afrim, a defining director of the past eleven years at the Tompa Miklós Company of the National Theatre of Târgu Mureș—almost a resident director—returns with a world premiere. Known for critically acclaimed and locally beloved productions such as Quietness, Retrobird Crashes into a Block and Falls onto Hot Asphalt, Grand Hotel Retrobird, The Devil’s Rehearsal, Drunks, and The Meaning of Emma’s Life, Afrim has written the script for House Between the Blocks specifically for the company.
Cast:
- Misi, a foster child spending time at the Both house – Rózsa László
- Etelka Both, amateur painter, Ida’s younger sister – Berekméri Katalin
- Ida Both, amateur painter, Etelka’s older sister – B. Fülöp Erzsébet
- Karola Both, their mother – László Csaba
- Kázmér Soós, Austro-Hungarian soldier – Varga Balázs
- Csongor Horgos, a man dabbling in small businesses – Bartha László Zsolt
- Cornel Paranciuc, forester at the Forestry Office – Viola Gábor
- Pythia Pataki, a future specialist and friend – Nagy Dorottya
- Zsófi Kónya, daughter of gynecologist Töhötöm Kónya – Szabó Fruzsina
- Ráhel Kerekes, a Pentecostal woman – Szabadi Nóra
- Benjámin Kerekes, her husband – Kovács Botond
- Erika Csepel, Etelka’s classmate, paint shop assistant – Fülöp Bea
- Rocco Karácsonyi, a boy conceived on August 23 – Csíki Szabolcs
- Ádám, a gossiping child – Csiki Roland-Ádám (student actor)
Director: Radu Afrim
Assistant Director: Fülöp Bea
Set Designer: Kupás Anna
Costume Designer: Moldován Orsolya
Choreographer: Macaveiu Blanche
Video Design: Trucza Samu
Stage Manager: Rigmányi Lehel
Prompter: Tóth Katalin
Assistant Director: Fülöp Bea
Set Designer: Kupás Anna
Costume Designer: Moldován Orsolya
Choreographer: Macaveiu Blanche
Video Design: Trucza Samu
Stage Manager: Rigmányi Lehel
Prompter: Tóth Katalin
