Alexandra Borbély is the best European actress

Alexandra Borbély played the main characted in On Body and Soul and now received the award for best actress on Saturday in Berlin at the European Film Awards ceremony, as Index.hu reports. 

When receiving the award, she could not find words although she had her speech written down. She was fighting her tears, with her voice breaking, she was unable to read it out. She also added that she had won awards as a theatre actress before, but it was her first one as a movie actress, which was partly the reason why she was so touched.

A few days ago, director Ildikó Enyedi told Magyar Narancs she would like best if Alexandra Borbély, who played the female main character in On Body and Soul would be awarded at the European Film Awards in Berlin. The actress, after having gathered herself a little on the stage, expressed her gratitude to Ildikó Enyedi. She did not forget to mention how thankful she was to her family, who supported her in everything. She thanked everyone, while the camera showed Ervin Nagy, her boyfriend, another actor from the same movie, who was jumping from joy.

The huge value of the award seems even bigger if we take into consideration that such famous actresses were nominated as Juliette Binoche or the Oscar-nominee Isabelle Huppert. Paula Beer (for the movie Frantz by Francois Ozon) and Florence Pough (Lady Machbeth) were also nominated for the award.

On Body and Soul was made after a long break: Ildikó Enyedi did not get any funds for a length feature movie for eighteen years, but she admitted she could only blame herself for that.