Gertrúd es una profesora de música de mediana edad. Vive con su marido, restaurador de arte, y su hijo adolescente. Está cansada de la vida familiar y su relación con su marido no pasa por su mejor momento. El mundo asentado de Gertrúd se pone patas arriba cuando Albán, una antigua alumna suya, aparece de repente. Su presencia suscita preguntas sobre el pasado, el presente y el futuro.
Un cardiólogo es enviado a la jubilación, pero se siente perdido sin su trabajo. Regresa a su pueblo natal para trabajar como médico generalista. Este es el comienzo de su terrible experiencia: se enfrenta a la cruda realidad, que finalmente lo pone de rodillas. Pero la música tiene la última palabra.
Schmukné
Depicts the slow decline of three individuals as they are sucked into a world of sinful existence. It is the story of a wild and voracious love triangle.
It is Dr. Borlai's job to tell the patients that they just have a few days left. But one day his colleauge tells him this story. So the sample husband the best father and doctor comes up with a devilish plan. To ruin every relationship that he is in so the loved ones will let him go easily. And when he achieves this he is still alive but he should be in the cemetery long ago.
Áron's Mother
Hungría /// Un futbolista húngaro llamado Szabolcs está enamorado de uno de sus compañeros de equipo en Alemania, Bernard. Cuando los expulsan del equipo, Szabolcs decide volver a Hungría. En la enorme pradera de Puszta, Szabolcs trabajará en una granja y conocerá a Áron, un adolescente de 16 años que busca su propia identidad en una región anclada hasta el extremo en la tradición. Ambos se enamoran casi de un flechazo, pero Bernard acaba de llegar de Alemania para pedir a Szabolcs que vuelvan juntos.
Sutu
La película nos lleva a la Hungría de los años posteriores a la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y en la que la sombra comunista es una realidad, que no dejará en paz a los habitantes de este país. En este contexto la película nos presenta a dos mujeres que no pueden ser más diferentes entre sí. La primera es una intelectual que se dedica a escribir y de mediana edad, mientras que la segunda es una mujer mayor que se ha criado en contacto con la naturaleza, y que entra a trabajar como ama de llaves de la primera. Ambas discuten muy a menudo, puesto que al ser tan distintas, la una intenta influir en la vida de la otra y viceversa, intentos que siempre acaban con sonoras riñas, aunque su relación laboral no se ve afectada. El ama de llaves es una mujer muy enigmática, puesto que no quiere que nadie vaya a su casa, y en el caso de que alguien se acerque nunca les permite pasar de la puerta. Poco a poco, nos daremos cuenta de que esconde un secreto terrible.
Sister Hortenzia
A drug-addicted doctor who works in an asylum discovers that one of his patients is a gifted writer.
The slow decay of a marriage sets the stage for this drama, which is leavened with understated humor. In 1988, Jozsi (Gergely Kocsis) is a Hungarian laborer who decides to marry Elizaveta (Eniko Borcsok), a woman of Hungarian descent living in the Ukraine. 1996 finds Joszi and Elizaveta the parents of a young girl, but otherwise their marriage is a shambles; Jozsi has become an alcoholic and Elizaveta has decided she needs to strike out on her own for the sake of her child. Shot on digital video as a project for Hungarian television, Paszport was directed by Peter Gothar, who previously made the international success Megall Az Ido.
Woman
This film tells the story of a few uneventful days in the life of six pals. Lali, a great fan of America, owns a sandwich stand on the side of the road, called The Glass Tiger. Gaben pinches cars; Fox is a petty swindler; Sanyi a half-wit homeless; Coco can't shut up about getting some dough and going to America; Slimmy keeps playing the saxophone, despite the others' frayed nerves. Gaben talks Lali into buying an old Chevrolet Impala, the real American dream. After the long escapade of getting the car, Lali doesn't even get the chance to try the Chevvy out, because a truck completely demolishes it. Fox in the meantime is looking excitedly for the "Wreck", what he has been trying to sell for big money. But Lali has sold what he thought to be scrap, not good for anything. Fox is threatened by some tough guys to bring it back or pay up. He has to get money at all costs...
Un circo llega a un pequeño pueblo en el que todos sus habitantes se conocen. La llegada de este circo, que promete el espectáculo de ver a un Príncipe y una ballena gigante despierta recelos en los habitantes, que comienzan a manifestarse contra los signos de violencia callejera que encuentran y que atribuyen al circo. El protagonista asistirá atónito y perplejo a todos estos acontecimientos que se desencadenan de forma precipitada.
Enikő
Waiters’ competition at Heroes’ Square in the late thirties. Dressed as waiters, Kapa and Pepe awake in the bronze chariot of the millennial sculpture group. They drive along the Danube promenade, and on the concrete reinforcement of the demolished Budapest rondella hotel they get involved in a showdown of political background. In the burnt-down Sports Hall the waiters train for a last supper, Pepe and Kapa run around the big laid table with trays in their hands. While doing so, Pepe keeps crying out: "I am the best one, I am the most beautiful one, I am the king, I am the god..." Sitting in a boat on the Danube, a ship goes past them, and the Niagara falls, majestic and breathtaking, resound in their ears. On each passing away something new will come to life – as rapped by Sub Bass Monster.
This drama follows the dilemma of a young, unwillingly pregnant wife who gives her child up for adoption by a businesswoman. Anna doesn't need another mouth to feed. She can barely afford to care for the two she already has so when she discovers that she is six weeks pregnant she readily accepts the cash offer from Terez, her tough boss at the store where she works. If she will isolate herself throughout the pregnancy, secretly bear the child and immediately allow Terez to sign for it, Anna will receive $50,000. Most of the story then focuses upon Anna's emotional processes as she evaluates her choice. Included are dream segments and shots an unborn baby in the womb.
The story of a love-triangle is recounted through Anitas memories and jagged monologue. Anita is tremendously naive and in love, Laci is a petty small-town gangster with great powers of persuasion and the secret lover of Szilvi. The three of them leave for Vienna, where Laci sells off the two girls to a peep-show for some small money.
Böbe
La súbita caída de los regímenes comunistas de la Europa del Este supuso para muchos un cambio radical y, a veces, de una injusticia sangrante. Buen ejemplo de ello son Emma y Böbe, dos maestras que impartían clases de ruso en Budapest y que, tras el fracaso del sistema socialista, se ven obligadas a reciclarse para subsistir. Mientras que una escoge la limpieza doméstica, la otra se dedicará a la prostitución.
Irina
The film is a modernised version of the Chekhov drama, put in Budapest, Hungary, in a Soviet barracks between 1987 and 1991.
