Final Cut

„When a state subsidy is suddenly eviscerated, what's an enterprising filmmaker to do? In the case of Hungarian helmer Gyorgy Palfi (Hukkle, Taxidermia), a leftover post-production grant provided seed money for his delightful montage film Final Cut - Ladies & Gentleman. The product of three years in the editing room, the playful pic consists of quick cuts from more than 450 classics of world cinema, artfully collaged to tell a love story. Although fests and cinematheques will salivate, a rights clearance nightmare looms before the film can screen for paying audiences. Sales agent Wild Bunch signed on to aid the process. Repping a master class in both film history and editing, the story is told via clips that last just a few seconds yet cleverly move the action forward. Men and women meet cute, take in a show, fall in love, have great sex, marry and honeymoon. With the arrival of domesticity, women cook and clean, and men spend long hours at the office. Misunderstandings surface; men turn paranoid, women dissolve in tears. War tears couples apart, but reconciliation – and a baby – lies in the cards.