The makers of this unusual portrait film joined up with the well-known Hungarian cinematographer around the time of the Academy Award ® nominations. It was a lucky moment. The pendulum of Koltai’s career after Sunshine and Maléna seems to be swinging towards European films again. The last chapter of the Diary gives viewers a look at preparations for the film adaptation of Nobel Prize-winning author Imre Kertész’s novel, Fateless. In Koltai’s Diary we may hear the recollections and accounts of the following: László Kovács, Vilmos Zsigmond, György Illés, Vittorio Storaro, Roberto Benigni, Giuseppe Tornatore, István Szabó, Gyula Maár, Mari Törõcsik, Imre Kertész and others.makes a living from „junking,” meaning, they import treasures considered junk in the West and pass it on as valuable second-hand goods in the East.