Teréz (Mari Törőcsik) has hit 40 and after her divorce she feels life to be empty and void of purpose. Although those around her do everything they can to help through these difficult times, she slips further into lethargy. This film by Gyula Maár is outstanding for accurately registering the tiniest of spiritual flickers, building on the acting sensibilities of Törőcsik and the incandescent intensity of Lajos Koltai’s camerawork.Read More »
Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia is in hospital with a broken neck; Livia’s husband, Donci, is under arrest. In a flashback to the year before, we see what leads up to the tragedy. Eva gets a job as a writer. She meets Livia and is attracted to her. Livia feels much the same, but as a married woman, has doubts and hesitations. In their work, they (and Eva in particular) bang up against the limits of telling political truths; in private, they confront the limits of living out sexual and emotional truth.Read More »
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Fascist Slovakia during WW2. Tono lives a poor life, but the authorities offer him to take over the Jewish widow Lautman’s little shop for sewing material. She is old and confused and thinks that he is only looking for employment and hires him. The odd couple begin to like each other. But some time later the authorities decide that the Jews must leave the city. What should he do with the old lady?Read More »
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Bittersweet comedy about opression of poor Slovakian people by Austro-Hungarian aristocracy.
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A funny outlaw tale inspired by traditional folk humour. Pacho is no ordinary outlaw. He detests injustice and feudal oppression and he copes with each troublesome situation with the help of his cleverness and wit.Read More »