Whiskey Bandit, The2017

Director
Nimrod Antal

Acters

Bence Szalay (Ambrus Attila - Whiskey)
Zoltan Schneider (Detective Bartos Laszlo)
Viktor Klem (Bota Geza)
Piroska Moga (Kata)
Andor Lukats (Pap)
Barnabas Szabo (Attila as child)

A rootless young man in Ceausescu’s Romania crosses the Hungarian border looking for a better future. With his back against the wall in the post-socialist turmoil, he becomes the most successful bank robber in Hungarian history.

Growing up in a broken home Attila was a troubled teenager, even spent time in a youth prison. Through a rather bizarre turn of events he escaped to Hungary from Transylvania. But his new life turned out to be much harder than the old one. He was the goal-keeper on a hockey team, but still had no money, no girlfriend; but then he found something that he’s really good at. He was reckless, fast and meticulous. He started robbing post offices, banks, travel offices. The more he stole, the hungrier he got. Nothing was enough for himself and his new love, Kata. But his final job didn’t go as planned and the determined investigator, who’s long been on his tail finally caught him and made him face the consequences. But the cop-robber game is far from over.

“Antal is a skillful craftsman and ‘The Whiskey Bandit’ is a polished piece of filmmaking of mainstream provenience. It proves the marriage of Hollywood and Eastern Europe is not that far-fetched as it might sound, when it’s in the right hands.” – Screen Anarchy

“Fast-paced and fluid, elegantly shot and often funny, with a charismatic hero, rich period detail, and a lightly satirical view of the post-communist transition in Hungary.” – Cineuropa

“’The Whiskey Bandit’ is a speeding locomotive from the first frame on screen.” – Flick Hunter