Félálom

Son of Saul

In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper Jewish burial.

Little Valentino

The twenty-year-old young man Sz. László is a lorry guard employed by an agricultural co-operative located in the vicinity of the capital. One day he neither posts the money officially entrusted to him nor goes to work, spending time and money as he likes on things he otherwise cannot afford, such as hanging around, sweets, driving in taxis, restaurants, Lake Balaton, girls, etc.

Dream Brigade

The heroes of the film are manual workers, members of a Socialist Brigade. Gyula, the brigade leader once has a dream where the gate-keeper searches through Lenin, about to leave the factory. He decides to stage Gelman's play, Premium, with his brigade, since the drama very effectively depicts what they see in the world around.

This Is How It Will Run

Interesting crime story about woman-prisoner, incest and murder.

The Annunciation

Adam and Eve, after Eden, are granted dreams of the world to come by a deceptively sweet but ultimately contemptuous Lucifer. Adam confronts an endless procession of the horror of the human story... rapists and concubines, betrayal and savagery, mindless cruelty and fanaticism.

Sunday, April 12th

A regular Sunday in 1970s Budapest.

The Gentleman Takes His Leave

About that time, altogether for no definite reason, I took it into my head to cripple my life, but only in as disgusting a way as possible.

Sinister Shadow

The hidden messages in a famed, mysterious painting by Hans Holbein the Younger are slowly revealed to an art restorer hired to reproduce it.

Hungary 2011

Anthology film made as an act of protest against Hungarian government of Viktor Orban.

Arc és álarc - Beszélgetés Szentkuthy Miklóssal

Miklós Szentkuthy reports on his life, his works, the Holy Trinity, Karl Marx, and the time he became a cardinal.

Fehér sereg

A mosoly birodalma