On June 1, there will be a private screening of Gergely Hajnal's film Liberator . In addition to his work, the father of four devotes time to his follow-up documentaries, in which he presents and shares with us human faces, life and fate stories, national and universal historical situations. He produced the 52-part series He and I online series Remaining in the Family . He was the producer of Otthon, otthon , the documentary film about the 2020 missed farewell in Csíksomlyó, which was nominated for the Hungarian Film Award at this year's Hungarian Motion Picture Festival.

- His film Szabadító was completed as the result of nearly three years of work, and he is registered as a director. What is it about?

– The film gives a glimpse into the life and fate of a young man. Attila comes from a particularly difficult family, in order to have something to eat and drugs for his parents, he had to steal. He himself became addicted and criminalized. He served six and a half years for various crimes, but when he was released the last time, he experienced God's grace and decided not to go back again. Now he encourages his fellow prisoners with his testimonies in prison, where he returns to visit. He is currently thinking about starting a family or becoming a monk.

"It sounds so wonderful, but is it really that simple?" Attila has decided not to go back, and is he ready?

– Of course not: he has to fight the demons of his past every day, he has to learn to navigate everyday consolidated life as an adult. This may sound strange to us, but he was not socialized that way, he did not receive such a pattern from his parents. He learned the trade of carpentry and is getting better at his place in the world of work. Even so, the chance of relapse is always there somewhere, as all addicts have to live with the fact that there is no complete recovery, the temptation can return at any time. In such cases, you have to make a decision again and again in favor of a clean life, and you cannot give way to addiction.

The full article from Vasarnap.hu can be read here.

Author: Erika Fodor

Picture: András Petrik