Casting Everything (2008)

The story is based around an American Idol kind of TV talent show and the eventual winner of the contest: a young orphan woman, who works at an orphanage herself. As I learned from the werkfilm on the DVD, the story was specifically written for Oláh, who in real life was the runner-up of the very first such TV show in Hungary “Megasztár” (“MegaStar”) in 2004. She didn’t win there despite being many viewers’ favorite and having a terrific voice. It is kind of a consolation that she won in the movie, although reading the legal troubles about getting her fee must have made the victory sour.

Casting Everything is a 2008 movie. Directed by Tímár Péter. Main cast: Ibolya Oláh, Kern András, Edit Balázsovits, Oroszlán Szonja, Reviczky Gábor. Runtime: 90 minutes. Its average rating is 7.5 out of 10, from 2 votes.