Zoltán Fábri – Körhinta AKA Merry-Go-Round (1956)
In a rural scenery in the throes of difficult changes lives a humble but promising young farmer girl called Mari Pataki. Her father forbids her from seeing the man she loves. The father, above all preoccupied by work on the fields and prospective wealth, decides to give his daughter in marriage to an old but rich man with whom he does business. Land marries land, he says. This seems to be the unyielding rule of the Hungarian peasantry. But the young lover is ready to stand up to any challenge to keep Maris love.
The story concerns a young couple who “meet cute” at a fairground. As they dance the night away, the boy expresses his love for the girl, resulting in a startling reaction. The film is unabashedly sentimental, but the performances of the two leads transcend the storyline’s gooier passages. Korhinta was Hungary’s primary entry in the Cannes Film Festival of 1956 — yet another feather in the cap of director Zoltan Fabri, who went on to helm such classics as The Boys from Paul Street and The Fifth Seal.
2.22GB | 1h 35mn | 792×576 | mkv
Language:Hungarian
Subtitles:English
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