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ADOPTION
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The breakthrough film for Marta Meszaros (Diary for All My Children) is a unique mixture of documentary and fictional techniques.
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AFTER THE REVOLUTION
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In this experimental interpretation of life in post-communist Hungary, a writer lives a meager existence with his cat as he struggles to complete a novel.
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ALMANAC OF FALL
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Bela Tarr's intense chamber drama is set in a claustrophobic apartment, in which the inhabitants reveal their darkest fears, obsessions, and hostilities.
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ANOTHER WAY
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Public and private morality collides in this psychological drama about a love triangle during the aftermath of the failed Hungarian uprising in 1956. Livia, the beautiful wife of an army officer, is a reporter at the Budapest newspaper where Eve, an outspoken lesbian journalist, comes to work after two years of politically motivated unemployment. When Eve and Livia fall in love they embark on an affair whose tragic consequences are mirrored by Hungary's oppression under Soviet rule. Based on an autobiographical bestseller. With Jadwiga Jankowska-Kieslak, Grazyna Szapolowska and Josef Kroner. "One of cinema's most truly erotic films" (David Robinson, The Times). Karoly Makk---Hungary---1982---102 mins.
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BELA TARR (3 PACK)
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The first three films by Hungarian auteur Bela Tarr. Shot in a cinema verite style, Family Nest (1977, 100 mins.) captures the lives of an ordinary family in a broken society. The Outsider (1981, 146 mins.), one of two Tarr films shot in color, offers a naturalistic view of life in modern Budapest. Tarr communicates a world of limited options and few opportunities through vivid close-ups and evocative urban locales. Finally, Prefab People (1982, 80 mins.) is a relentlessly realistic portrait of a young working-class couple suffering the everyday stresses of marriage. Jonathan Rosenbaum (Chicago Reader) called it "the best of Tarr's early forays into Cassavetes-style social realism". In Hungarian with English subtitles. Bela Tarr---Hungary---1977-1982---326 mins.
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BOLSHE VITA
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A group of young people meet in a rock pub in Budapest in the summer of 1989 during Hungary's fleeting celebration of Communism's fall.
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BRIDGEMAN, THE
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Set during the Hapsburg reign (1820-1860), this sweeping period drama was the most expensive Hungarian movie ever produced when it opened in 2002. The lavish work tells the story of the aristocrat Count Istvan Szechenyi (Karoly Eperjes), a brilliant and calculating figure who attempts to repent for an early life of ignoble behavior by courageously spearheading a resistance movement in his native Hungary. Director Geza Beremenyi chronicles Szechenyi's successes and setbacks as he attempts to shake the foundations of a powerful monarchy. In Hungarian with English subtitles. Geza Beremenyi---Hungary---2002---141 mins.
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CATSPLAY
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Karoly Makk's contemplative film about two unmarried sisters who cast wistful glances back at their lives. Nominated for an Academy Award in 1974.
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CHICO
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From the director of Bolshe Vita comes this "Zelig set in contemporary international hot zones" (Variety). That includes the war in Croatia.
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CHILD MURDERS
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Exquisite black-and-white cinematography softens this macabre story of despair and murder among Hungary's outcasts. Young Zsolt lives a hopeless life caring for his ailing alcoholic grandmother in a tiny apartment along the Danube in Budapest. Taunted by other adolescents, he spends most of his days alone. When he befriends a pregnant gypsy girl, his life takes a series of unexpected turns. Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes, director Ildiko Szabo fashions a gritty, suspenseful tale that addresses issues of morality and humanity. Also known as Gyerekgyilkossagok. In Hungarian with optional English subtitles. Ildiko Szabo---Hungary---1993---79 mins.
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COLOSSAL SENSATION
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A deft blend of comedy and pathos, Robert Koltai's film sets the tumultuous lives of twin circus clowns against watershed moments in 20th century Hungarian history. Born and raised in a gypsy circus somewhere in the backwaters of Eastern Europe, twin brothers and clowns Naphthalene and Dodo fall afoul of the local Communist Party when a joke goes awry. Dodo takes the fall for his hapless brother and lands in the gulag, while Naphthalene unwittingly sets in motion events that lead to revolution. "...an engaging comedy of survival" (The Los Angeles Times). In Hungarian with English Robert Koltai---Hungary---2004---95 mins.
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DAMNATION (DVD-R)
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Bela Tarr's "deeply existential rumination on the miserableness of existence and the search for a meaning or a means of escape" (DVD Times).
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DEALER
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This second narrative feature from cult Hungarian director Benedek Fliegauf is an elusive drug movie that won the Reader Jury prize at the 2004 Berlinale.
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DELTA (MUNDRUCZO)
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From Kornel Mundruczo, once a protege of Bela Tarr, comes this lushly photographed drama about the forbidden love between a brother and sister. "Mundruczo's film has been dubbed the Hungarian Deliverance--but even John Boorman's classic wasn't shot as beautifully as this" (Derek Malcolm, Evening Standard).
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DISTRICT, THE (GAUDER)
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In this Hungarian animated film, some kids from the slums have a plan: go back in time, bury mammoths under Budapest, return to the present, drill for the oil.
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ESCAPE FROM RECSK (1996)
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A powerful Hungarian film set in postwar Hungary in the early 1950s. The Communist regime secretly disappeared countless citizens without warning or trial, sending these political prisoners to labor camps, the most notorious one located at Recsk. Only one man is known to have escaped this nightmare, and Szokes tells his story. His accounts of prisoner life helped lead to the dismantling of the gulag system in the Soviet satellite states. In Hungarian with English subtitles. Livia Gyarmathy---Hungary---1996---92 mins.
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FAMILY NEST (DVD-R)
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This impressive first film by Hungarian auteur Bela Tarr heralded the arrival of one of late 20th century cinema's most compelling and original voices.
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FORBIDDEN RELATIONS
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A true story of incest and its repercussions is brought to life in this exceptional drama that goes far beyond the sensationalism of the subject matter. It is a powerful tale of two lovers who discover they are half-siblings. They refuse to end their relationship even after the young woman's pregnancy puts them up against social ostracism and imprisonment. "...a delirious expression of l'amour fou, effectively filmed against a prosaic background. Driving, floating long takes, reminiscent of Kezdi-Kovacs's mentor Miklos Jancso, are used to express the uncontrollable passion of the young couple..." (Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader). Zsolt Kezdi-Kovacs---Hungary---1983---92 mins.
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GLAMOUR
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The dreams and struggles of three generations of a Hungarian Jewish family are depicted in this award-winning drama. Against a backdrop of major 20th century events, director Frigyes Godros mixes humor and tragedy with realism and fantasy as his characters survive war, Nazi tyranny, communism, and economic hardship. Five years in the making, Glamour is a remarkable historical epic that thrives on the intimacy of personal relationships. "An elegant, poetic fable... with a shimmering beauty" (Los Angeles Times). In Hungarian with English subtitles. Frigyes Godros---Hungary---2000---110 mins.
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HUKKLE
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A uniquely non-narrative look at life in a rural Hungarian town, Gyorgy Palfi's marvelous debut blends a dizzying melange of sights and sounds into an audio-visual symphony. From an elderly man's hiccup (or hukkle) to the mating of hogs and the death of a mole beneath the ground, Palfi charts the everyday events of this sleepy community with an eye to their mysterious and often sinister underpinnings. "Beautifully shot, full of droll humor" (Variety). In Hungarian with English subtitles. Gyorgy Palfi---Hungary---2002---75 mins.
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