---
title: 'On Body and Soul (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ildikó Enyedi'
released: '2017-02-10'
runtime_minutes: 116
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Hungary'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/on-body-and-soul-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5607714/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# On Body and Soul (2017)

2017 · 116 min · Drama, Romance · Hungary

Original title: Testről és lélekről

## Synopsis

On Body and Soul is a 2017 Hungarian drama film written and directed by Ildikó Enyedi. The story revolves around the CFO of a slaughterhouse and the newly appointed meat quality inspector who discover they can communicate with each other through their dreams, leading to an unlikely romance. It won the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin it also won the FIPRESCI Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. It was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated at the 90th Academy Awards. Alexandra Borbély won the European Actress award at the European Film Awards for her performance in the film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ildikó Enyedi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ildiko-enyedi)
- **Screenplay:** [Ildikó Enyedi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ildiko-enyedi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ádám Balázs](https://cinepixo.com/people/adam-balazs)
- **Producer:** [Ernő Mesterházy](https://cinepixo.com/people/erno-mesterhazy), [András Muhi](https://cinepixo.com/people/andras-muhi), [Mónika Mécs](https://cinepixo.com/people/monika-mecs)
- **Director of Photography:** [Máté Herbai](https://cinepixo.com/people/mate-herbai)

## Cast

- [Pál Mácsai](https://cinepixo.com/people/pal-macsai)
- [Géza Morcsányi](https://cinepixo.com/people/geza-morcsanyi)
- [Ervin Nagy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ervin-nagy)
- [Alexandra Borbély](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexandra-borbely)
- [Itala Békés](https://cinepixo.com/people/itala-bekes)
- [Tamás Jordán](https://cinepixo.com/people/tamas-jordan)
- [Zoltán Schneider](https://cinepixo.com/people/zoltan-schneider)
- [Júlia Nyakó](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-nyako)
- [Éva Bata](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-bata)
- [Zsuzsa Járó](https://cinepixo.com/people/zsuzsa-jaro)
- [Réka Tenki](https://cinepixo.com/people/reka-tenki)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/on-body-and-soul-2017
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