2024 Entry #36 04-12-24 “Budapest, Closed City” is a 13 minute 2021 Hungarian short film which was written and directed by Máté Konkol. The story concerns Péter (Péter Dániel Katona) as he takes his British friend Adam (Adam Wadsworth) on a personal but political tour around Budapest. After getting drunk in an underground club, Adam kisses Peter but things don’t go as expected.
This was fine. It’s not great. It’s not horrible. Some of the activity was reminiscent of the short “No Strings” which I watched just days ago…and this film suffered by that comparison, because this one feels far more staged and much less natural – though I’m sure they were both staged. Lol There was nothing for me to get lost in here. Perhaps if it had been a longer film.
This short is available in the 2023 gay short film collection “Boys on Film 23: Dangerous to Know”.