BAKTER / THE TRACK CHANGER

BAKTER (THE TRACK CHANGER)

Documentary | 11′ | Philippines, Hungary

SYNOPSIS

Erno worked as a train track changer for forty-two years and nine months. In a small base a kilometer away from the train station of Dvory nad Žitavou in Slovakia, he watched the world take shape as he changed the direction of passing trains. As he tries to share his life story to his grand daughter and her friends, he realises that something is missing.

SCREENINGS

2017 Oaxaca Filmfest – Life Is Short Competition Oaxaca Mexico
2017 Festival Internacional do Documentário Estudantil, Brazil
2019 Star FilmFest Sisak Croatia

CREW

Starring: Erno Juhasz
with: Viktoria Salgo
Directed By: Venice Atienza
Sound: Fan Wu
Translation: Viktoria Salgo, Mari Siopsz, Gabor Papp
Color Grading: Krish Makhija