Kormél Mundruczó
metteur en scène
It was in the post-socialist period that Kornél Mundruczó studied at the University of Budapest, in the film department. An actor at his beginnings, in 2000 he produced This Is Wish and Nothing More. Immediately recognized, this first film marked the start of a dazzling career including a dozen or so works (Pleasant Day, Johanna, Delta...) all demonstrating a rigor and anti-conformism distinguished by the most important festivals, including Cannes. Alongside this film work, Kornél Mundruczó became interested in theatre directing. Like his films, his shows focus on the rejected, those living on the fringes of society, «the only ones who
can still hold a mirror out to us». Both lyrical and hyper-realistic, they bring to light the dark and brutal side of humanity and plunge the spectator into troubled waters. His theatre does not pull any punches when it tackles disturbing subjects: the totalitarian sect and a disillusioned society in La Glace (The Mirror); violence and incest in The Frankenstein Project; human trafficking and prostitution in Hard to Be a God. Working with actors some of whom come from the Krétakör troupe trained by Árpád Schilling, Kornél Mundruczó is coming to the Festival d'Avignon for the first time.