Igazgatónő
1952, Budapest. Kati is thirteen years old when her mother dies. Her father works as a founder at the Miskolc foundry, deprived of his former position of director-engineer. Kati is left alone in their flat, transformed into a place crowded with tenants. That is, not quite: in her imagination her mother is alive again, for she still needs her.
Halicsné
Habitantes de uma pequena aldeia na Hungria lidam com os efeitos da queda do comunismo. A fonte de receita da cidade, uma fábrica, fechou, e os moradores, que incluem um médico e três casais, aguardam um pagamento em dinheiro oferecido na esteira do fechamento. Irimias, um morador considerado morto, retorna e, sem o conhecimento dos moradores locais, é um informante da polícia. Armando um golpe, ele convence os aldeões a formar uma comuna com ele.
Emmi
Film by Judit Elek.
For this austere, clear and sharp telefeature, Judit Elek focused on the last months of Martinovics’ life: his interrogation by the Austrians, the examining Magistrate Schilling in particular, shown as a battle of wits as well as delusions – on both sides. Elek had wanted to make this film in the early 1970s, but wasn’t allowed to. When she finally got the chance, the reactions were predictable, as the parallels with recent Hungarian history were simply too obvious for officialdom not to feel anxious. History may not repeat itself, but the variations look eerily similar...
