The Baron Returns
Watch the trailer László Krasznahorkai is the 'contemporary Hungarian master of apocalypse' as Susan Sontag described him. We discussed what I could show of him if I were to make a portrait film. Whatever I asked, his answer was no. That is how this film began.
The Baron Returns is a portrait of a writer always looking for new ways to tell a story. His work and life are a constant journey, looking for answers to such questions as what are power and subjection, repetition and infinity, custom and crisis. Our aim was to examine - using his inspirations – how his life and work connect to each other. Since his new book is set in his hometown we focused on the people and places from his childhood that then became an integral part of his novels or movies. As he constantly denies the connection between his life and his fiction our investigation becomes harder and harder.