House of Noises

The film is set in one of Budapest’s hundred-year old tenement houses which is never quiet: the sound of kitchen equipments, dog barking, toilet flush, and the other noises of everyday reality are united in a strange, cacophonous symphony. The people in the flats live next to each other, but they exist in the isolation of their flats. Sára, a 9-year old girl lives in this house. She often sits by the chimneys on the catwalk and watches the residents. One day a new family moves into the house. Éva and her strange son Balázs. He is extremely sensitive towards noise. The mysterious boy, who wears headphones all the time, arouses Sára’s curiosity. The mother Éva is at war with the other residents due to her son’s sound sensitivity. The house’s peaceful harmony starts to go wrong. Sára finds a way to make contact with the strange boy and shows him how he can enjoy the sounds.