János Kovácsi

Jerry is a classic dad, with a wife name Sara and a daughter named Beth. It's Jerry's birthday and he is sad that he is 36 and still hasn't accomplished any of his dream. Sara tries to cheers him up by telling bad jokes which triggers a laugh track. Jerry tries to find out where the laughter is coming from, where he get transported to another universe.

Luego de la muerte inesperada de su madre, Masángeles (7) tiene que ir a vivir a la casa de su padre, político influyente del cual es hija ilegítima, lo que provoca una gran conmoción. Allí convivirá con diez personajes que se caracterizan por su elevada neurosis. Muy egocéntricos, están siempre pendientes de resolver sus cuentas con el pasado, planteando situaciones absurdas y cómicas. Contrastan entonces con Masángeles quien, por el contrario, siempre está interesándose y cuidando de los demás. Todo esto sucede en los años que van desde 1966, poco antes de que gane las elecciones el Presidente Gestido, hasta el fatídico día del golpe de estado de 1973, años de ilusiones y de dolor. Cada uno de los personajes tomará una posición política distinta en ese momento tan convulsionado de la historia uruguaya.

Montevideo, Uruguay. En este drama cómico, Elisa, de 27 años, sueña con abrir su propia peluquería en uno de los barrios ricos de la capital uruguaya. Un poco rebelde, un día, Elisa se muda de la casa de su madre con sus dos hijos y rompe con García, su jefe y su amante, quienes la enfurecieron al no querer casarse. Entonces, en el espacio de veinticuatro horas, Elisa se encuentra sin techo, sin hombre, sin trabajo y sin dinero. Su mejor amiga Loulou le encuentra un trabajo, en el burdel dirigido por Doña Jacqueline. Y sin darse cuenta realmente, Elisa se desliza hacia la prostitución, que la lleva a Barcelona. Se enamora, es explotada, se involucra en guerras de travestis y, mientras tanto, solo sueña con ganar suficiente dinero para su pequeño salón de belleza en casa.

A mother struggles to raise her daughter all by herself, and due to the economic difficulties decides to rob multiple finance houses, fooling her victims with the handle of her umbrella that she make them think is a real revolver.

In this somewhat uneven political satire, good revolutionaries have overthrown a totalitarian state riddled with corruption on all levels when a truly naive bureaucrat (Boguslaw Linda) is placed on a jury that will judge the results of a history competition. Once on the jury, the young bureaucrat starts looking into the past himself and gets embroiled in a labyrinth. The past may well be unclear because recent leaders have certain facts that need to be kept buried. Filmmaker Janos Kovacsi borrows characteristics from revolutions in the Eastern European block (1950s-1980s) to create this post-revolutionary society with an idealist commander (Ferenc Zenthe) meant to lead them. A clue as to what happens next lies in the opening scene -- the funeral of the commander who has given his life for his cause. Ironically, Kovacsi undoubtedly faced censorship on this film. That would not only account for some uneven narration, but it adds a dimension of reality to the topic at hand.

In this somewhat uneven political satire, good revolutionaries have overthrown a totalitarian state riddled with corruption on all levels when a truly naive bureaucrat (Boguslaw Linda) is placed on a jury that will judge the results of a history competition. Once on the jury, the young bureaucrat starts looking into the past himself and gets embroiled in a labyrinth. The past may well be unclear because recent leaders have certain facts that need to be kept buried. Filmmaker Janos Kovacsi borrows characteristics from revolutions in the Eastern European block (1950s-1980s) to create this post-revolutionary society with an idealist commander (Ferenc Zenthe) meant to lead them. A clue as to what happens next lies in the opening scene -- the funeral of the commander who has given his life for his cause. Ironically, Kovacsi undoubtedly faced censorship on this film. That would not only account for some uneven narration, but it adds a dimension of reality to the topic at hand.

Gruber is a normal 16-year-old growing up in Budapest in 1962, but he has a problem -- how does he get to know the opposite sex? At the Sunday afternoon dance classes the young "ladies and gentlemen" hold each other while dancing, and that makes the lessons worth something. Otherwise, the pianist's attention wanders and the orchestra does not exactly play with a single-minded dedication. In fact, everybody seems to have other things on their minds, except for the enthusiastic dance instructor and his ever-smiling assistant.

Gruber is a normal 16-year-old growing up in Budapest in 1962, but he has a problem -- how does he get to know the opposite sex? At the Sunday afternoon dance classes the young "ladies and gentlemen" hold each other while dancing, and that makes the lessons worth something. Otherwise, the pianist's attention wanders and the orchestra does not exactly play with a single-minded dedication. In fact, everybody seems to have other things on their minds, except for the enthusiastic dance instructor and his ever-smiling assistant.