Death in Shallow Water

Death in Shallow Water

1994 · 99 min · ★ 4.0 · Crime, Drama

1991, farewell in Budapest. Mária remembers the past in tears. Her husband, Tibor, a chemist and a target of the KGB, left their apartment one evening to fetch some cigarettes only to be found drowned in the shallow Lake Balaton the following day. Their son, Peter, a student in Western-Europe, was found dead on the Danube embankment.

Directed by Barna Kabay · Written by Imre Gyöngyössy

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