Passion

György Fehér’s adaptation of James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice observes the fragile mechanisms and primeval fears that can easily turn trust into betrayal. Set in 1930’s Hungary, a wife (Ildiko Bansagi) and her lover (Janos Derzsi) plot to kill her older husband (Dzsoko Rozsics). Shot in stark black-and-white, mirroring the cold black heart of the novel’s protagonist, Passion is a near-silent ballet of suspicion and mistrust. Fehér strips Cain’s prose of its lyrical elegance to create something far more visually poetic; an oppressive drama saddled with the crushing weight of a soul burdened by the inescapable consequences of sin.