Ádám Porogi

The dramatized documentary In the Footsteps of Bartók (Bartók Nyomában) follows Béla Bartók’s trip to Turkey in 1936, from Istanbul to Adana, during which it became clear that Turkish and Hungarian folk music have similarities that go back to our roots.

Alex is trying to bring back his dead girlfriend, Linda, from the Other Side through an obscure castle, where people can visit their loved ones.  Suddenly, a plan occurs to him in the castle. He meets Lala, who got tragically stuck in transit for long years. She collects travelers’ soul for the castle to reduce her own years. Alex plans to trick Lala to the Other Side and leave her there in exchange for Linda.  The lovers unite on the Other Side, but death cannot be fooled, Alex’s misdeed does not remain unpunished.

In 1951 Communist-era Budapest, the secret police knock on the door of an ordinary family. Instead of arresting them, they decide to move in and hold the family captive in their own home, along with anyone who comes to visit them.