The Boy and the Suit of Lights ⎪ BIDF

The screening will be followed by a professional discussion. Participants: Máté Deák, Department of Political Science and International Studies, PTE BTK, assistant professor, Ramóna Sütő, Élmény Tár, pedagogical professional leader, Zoltán Major, journalist, organizer of BIDF Pécs.

Filmed and carefully crafted and composed over the course of five years, the film follows Borja, a young boy growing up in Castellon, a small town in Spain, where the tradition of bullfighting weighs heavily on his shoulders. His grandad, Matias, pins his own unfulfilled dreams of becoming a professional bullfighter onto his grandchild with the hopes that it will get the family out of poverty. Like most underprivileged kids feeling trapped in a life with little choices and opportunities, Borja doesn’t see a future beyond orange fields, fishing and bullfighting.