This release joins two films about life and love as seen through the eyes of Hungary's Romani population. A deft blend of comedy and pathos, Colossal Sensation (Robert Koltai, 2004, 95 mins.) follows the adventures of twin circus clowns. Born and raised in a Gypsy circus in the backwaters of Eastern Europe, twins Naphthalene and Dodo fall afoul of the local Communist Party when a joke goes awry. Dodo takes the rap for his hapless brother and lands in the gulag, while Naphthalene unwittingly sets in motion events that lead to revolution. In School of Senses (Andras Solyom, 1996, 90 mins.), a beautiful Gypsy girl, disabled in an accident, relives her obsessive, destructive sexual relationship with a married man through the diary she keeps. Structured through memories as recorded in her diary, this dark portrait of love proves that there is a price to pay for passion. In Hungarian with English subtitles.

Robert Koltai/Andras Solyom---Hungary---2004/1996---185 mins.

• Facets
• Release Date: 03/22/2011
• Letterboxed