Only The Whites of Our Eyes
A Father–Son Drama from Hungary - Currently in pre-production
When silence speaks louder than words: a father and son confront their shared past in the sterile light of cataract surgery.
“Only the Whites of Our Eyes” is a layered, emotionally rich, three-generation drama exploring silence, pride, and forgiveness. At its heart is an elderly man whose physical blindness gradually becomes a metaphor for emotional blindness.
Through the lens of a seemingly ordinary medical procedure — an eye surgery — the film unravels a decades-old, fractured father–son relationship.
Principle Cast
Jeno Hodi’s Director Statement
The script is based on the short story by Viktoria Janoki-Kis. It explores that fragile threshold where anger dissolves into recognition, and recognition into love.
The eye as a motif is central — to see, to be seen, to look away. A cataract surgery — clinical, almost mundane — becomes the stage for an intimate reckoning.
The conflict is never loud, but it runs deep: between a conservative father and his son, who longs to live fully as both a gay man and a parent — if only he weren’t burdened by the shadow of paternal rejection.
Visually, the film is restrained, often relying on close-ups and the subjective experience of sight, while the performances build tension not through dialogue, but through gestures and silences.
Our target audience includes viewers drawn to contemporary European auteur cinema, as well as LGBTQ+ film festivals — audiences who will connect with the film not through provocation, but through its authenticity and humanity.