- What is your favourite movie?
I like contemporary Italian film and cinema. There is more than one movie I enjoy, but here are some of them: Come due coccodrilli by Giacomo Campiotti, Parthenopé by Paolo Sorrentino, Diamanti by Ferzan Özpetek, Che ne sarà di noi by Giovanni Veronesi, Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo by Enza Negroni, and Passato prossimo by Maria Sole Tognazzi.
- What is your favourite thing to do on a day off?
I mainly read contemporary Hungarian and Italian literature (Enrico Brizzi, Attila Bartis, Ádám Nádasdy, László Krasznahorkai, Éric Vuillard), as well as non-fiction (Tim Marshall, Zoltán Pogátsa).
- What is your favourite book/author?
The Order of the Day by Éric Vuillard, The End by Attila Bartis, and Baron Wenckheim’s Homecoming by László Krasznahorkai.
- What is your favourite place travelled?
Anywhere in Italy.
- Do you collect anything?
Vinyl records by Sting, Ligabue, Iron Maiden, and other contemporary musicians.
- What is your favourite holiday?
A few days at the seaside without a mobile phone.
- What is your favourite sport?
Tennis.
- What is your favourite music genre/musician?
I am quite open regarding music genres—from classical (Vivaldi) to heavy metal (Iron Maiden).
- What are you passionate about?
My two children and contemporary film art.
- If you could do anything else professionally, what would it be?
Teaching at the university, which I already do, although only part-time.
- What skill would you most like to learn?
French.
- What is one thing that instantly makes your day better?
My children’s success — and my clients’ success — instantly make my day better.
Dr. Árpád VÁSÁRHELYI
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Reáltanoda utca 14. 2/8
1053 Budapest
Hungary
Telephone : +36 30 9669130
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