Two arts students, András and Viktor who are writing their thesis on detective stories, make up a story and keep nagging the famous film-director, who just came back from Hollywood, until he undertakes the job. At night they work on the film, in which two youths kill a director returning from the US. In the morning the director is found dead - a knife in his back.
1947년, 전국민중대학생연합에 소속된 청년 공산당원들이 교회와 중학교를 점령한다. 마르크스주의의 유효성을 토론하며, 학생들을 자극하는 청년들. 학생 몇 명을 체포하러 온 경찰관을 두고 거친 논쟁이 벌어지고, 리더인 ‘라치’는 자리에서 물러난다. 그의 권력을 이어받은 두 여학생이 사제들의 옷을 벗기고, 책을 던지고, 창문을 깨트리는 폭력을 행사하면서 사태는 더욱 악화되는데…. 혁명이라는 이름으로 자행되는 폭력의 악순환과 권력욕을 비판하는 강렬한 수작. (한글자막 제공_전주국제영화제)
Jirka is a composer, his wife, Jana, a pianist. Jana would like to have an own concert, but so far she has only been selected to accompany Valenta during his concerts in Budapest. After some resentments, she accepts the proposal.
Vetró János, the lorry driver, is an alcoholic. His marriage is in pieces, his wife has a lover. Their son suffers an accident. The next day his wife moves out. In his desperation, Vetró drinks even more, and leaves his work as well.
The "sleepless years" in this propaganda piece by director Felix Marlassy occur on Csepel Island, an island south of Budapest that is home to an armaments factory. The factory workers are shown being exploited by imperialists, capitalists gone berserk, and fascists, more or less in that exact chronological sequence. The heavy-handed approach does much to undercut the belief that when socialism finally takes over, the lives of the workers are brought up to a human level. In this instance, audiences might prefer a more nuanced and subtle statement, no matter what the message.
