Tal como Light Physical Injuries, O Fura-paredes explora o machismo compensatório da classe dirigente oficial da Hungria. Filme mais badalado e problemático de Szomjas, conta a triste história de um proletário descontente abrigado num conjunto habitacional monstruosamente deprimente que -ainda menos eficaz do que os heróis da Calvo-Dog Rock- tentam mudar a sua vida. A compra de um berbequim atirandopara trás das costas como o anti-herói de um western spaghetti, ele torna-se empresário, abrindo furos nas paredes de seus vizinhos para que eles possam pendurar espelhos ou quadros. A metáfora é utilizada com o máximo de insinuação aduladora, especialmente quando o perfurador se imiscui com o cabecilha de uma rede de prostituição local, composta principalmente por mulheres em licença de maternidade.
In this mix of black comedy and harsh drama, a man and wife are divorced yet still have to share their living quarters even though the wife has remarried -- housing is seriously hard to find in Budapest. Csaba (Karoly Eperjes) has just come out of doing a stint in prison because he stabbed a man while drunk, and when he goes home he discovers that his wife (Mariann Erdos) is now living with someone else in their apartment. Csaba quickly divorces his wife but he still has to move in and share a kitchen and bathroom with her and her new mate, suffering because he still loves her. This untenable situation is complicated by visits from Csaba's mother, and by various women he starts seeing, as well as by a busy-body neighbor. The three main roles of Csaba, his wife, and her lover (Peter Andorai) are excellently interpreted in this satire on social morés and economic realities.
