Gentle
Year: 2022
Country:
HUNGARY
Language:
Hungarian
Run Time:
92 minutes
As a female bodybuilder, Edina leads a life that revolves around one thing: pursuing the title of Miss Olympia. Day and night, Edina and her partner/trainer Adam obsessively plan for her success. With all of their time and resources going towards Edina’s training, the couple find themselves in a difficult financial situation. To make ends meet, Edina secretly joins a niche escort service where men can play out their fantasies of being with a strong muscular woman. While first resistant to this controversial side hustle, Edina begins to find a sense of freedom and playfulness in her work as an escort—something she cannot afford to do in her real life. Meanwhile, as Edina’s exhaustive training schedule, restrictive dieting, and steroid shots push her body and mind to the brink, she finds herself faced with an impossible choice: continue to pursue a dream she has dedicated her life to or save her life itself. Starring real-life Hungarian bodybuilder Eszter Csonka, GENTLE captures the brutal dedication it takes to excel in this distinctive world. —G.S.
CIFF46 Screenings
Westfield Studio Theatre
Tuesday, April 05, 2022 at 7:20 PM
Wednesday, April 06, 2022 at 2:25 PM
Accessibility (?)
Closed Captions: No
Audio Description: No
English Subtitles: Yes
Related Event
46th CIFF College Program
Sidebars
Women of the World
Only at Playhouse Square
Competitions
George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Competition
Reel Women Direct Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
Directors
László Csuja, Anna Nemes
Producers
András Muhi, Gábor Ferenczy
Screenwriting
László Csuja, Anna Nemes
Cinematography
Zágon Nagy
Editing
Attila Csabai
Principal Cast
Eszter Csonka, György Turós, Csaba Krisztik
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