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Tag Archives: Hungary
The Duke of Burgundy (2014) Peter Strickland, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Monica Swinn, Chiara D’Anna
Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy Read More »
Twenty Hours AKA Húsz óra (1965) Zoltán Fábri, Antal Páger, János Görbe, Emil Keres
The reporter spends only twenty hours in the village. In his conversations, twenty years of history unfolds. Read More »
The Story of My Wife AKA A feleségem története (2021) Ildikó Enyedi, Léa Seydoux, Gijs Naber, Louis Garrel
Jacob Störr, a sea captain, makes a bet in a café with a friend, to marry Read More »
Forest AKA Rengeteg (2003) Benedek Fliegauf, Rita Braun, Barbara Csonka, Laszlo Cziffer
We see people in a shopping mall; one man deliberately leaves a backpack behind in the crowd Read More »
The Wednesday Child AKA Szerdai gyerek (2015) Lili Horvát, Kinga Vecsei, Zsolt Antal, Szabolcs Thuróczy
The Wednesday Child is a coming-of-age story – how can someone who grew up without a mother become one herself? Read More »
Winter Wind AKA Sirokkó (1969) Miklós Jancsó, Jacques Charrier, Marina Vlady, Ewa Swann
In the mid-1930s a group of Croatian anarchists cross the dense forests at the northern Read More »
The Prince That Contemplated His Soul AKA Bab’Aziz (2005) Nacer Khemir, Parviz Shahinkhou, Maryam Hamid, Golshifteh Farahani
Bab’Aziz – The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul is the story of a blind dervish Read More »
The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner AKA Svetat e golyam i spasenie debne otvsyakade (2008) Stephan Komandarev, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic, Carlo Ljubek, Hristo Mutafchiev
The story of Alex, who, with the help of his charismatic grandfather Read More »
Lily Boy AKA Liliomfi (1955) Károly Makk, Iván Darvas, Marianne Krencsey, Margit Dajka
In the 19th century story, Liliomfi, the talented travelling comedian and Mariska Read More »
The Prefab People AKA Panelkapcsolat (1982) Béla Tarr, Judit Pogány, Róbert Koltai, Kyri Ambrus
A husband and wife, drifting apart, reflect on the events leading up to the worst argument of their marriage. Read More »
Hello, Vera AKA Szevasz, Vera (1967) János Herskó, Mária Neményi, Teri Horváth, László Mensáros
OVera goes to Lake Balaton to go to a peach gathering camp with her lover Read More »
Idö van AKA Time (1986) Péter Gothár, Márk Zala, Kati Lázár, Gyula Bodrogi
Peter Gothar films give a sharp, uncensored view of the society. Read More »
Song of the Cornfields AKA Ének a búzamezökröl (1947) István Szöts, Alice Szellay, János Görbe, József Bihari
A Hungarian soldier returning from fighting in the Second World War marries Read More »
Cat’s Play AKA Macskajáték (1974) Károly Makk, Margit Dajka, Ildikó Piros, Elma Bulla
Karoly Makk’s heartbreaking story of two unmarried sisters who cast wistful glances back at their lives Read More »