HUNGARIAN MOVIES "Retrospective of the films by Zoltan Fabri" - 14th to 17th May, 2007

• Event Info : A package of famous films Merry-go-Round, Twenty Hours, The Fifth Seal and Requiem by the outstanding Hungarian film director Zoltán Fábri will be screened during this session, one screening daily.

• Time : 6:00 pm
  

• Films Directed by : Zoltán Fábri

• Films :
  
• 14th May : Korhinta ( Merry - Go - Round ) - ( 1956, 90 min. )
• The story concerns a young couple (Bela Barsi, Mari Toroczik) who meet at a fairground. As they dance the night away, the boy expresses his love for the girl, resulting in a startling reaction. Korhinta was Hungary's primary entry in the Cannes Film Festival of 1956.
  
• 15th May : Husz Ora ( Twenty Hours ) - ( 1965, 110 min. )
• A crusading newspaper reporter covers the Soviet invasion of Hungary in 1956. Initially critical of the communists, the feature later espouses the virtues of the social changes implemented since the invasion. The title refers to the period of time the reporter spent interviewing witnesses to the invasion. - Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide
  
• 16th May : Az Otodik Pecset ( Fifth Seal ) - ( 1976, 111 min. )
• The Hungarian The Fifth Seal is a study in depersonalization. The story takes place in the twilight of World War II: the five protagonists are buddies who try to have as much fun as possible without treading on anyone's toes. One of the five, however, makes an offhand remark which proves insulting to a military functionary. The boys are arrested, and forced to perform a series of tasks to test their loyalty. In the process, the friends struggle to stay in touch with their own inbred ideals and sense of individualism, with varying degrees of success. - Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
  
• 17th May : Requiem ( 1981, 103 min. )
• When a young boy comes in to see a doctor abourt a red mark on his face, the doctor's wife welcomes him into the consulting room instead. As they talk, she offers him something to eat and then notes that his manner of eating is just like that of her previous husband, who died in prison many years earlier. It turns out that the young man had been his cell mate for a year, and he tells her the story of how her husband died. She then remembers (in flashbacks) how she had helped her first husband rid himself of his sexual repression, and how she had promised him she would marry her current husband if she were widowed. It seems her doctor-husband was a man who could remain untouched through any political climate, and was much admired by her first husband. Now that her memories have been awakened by the young man's account, she ignores the repeated phone calls of her current husband and decides to rid this young man of his own sexual repressions (he had been falsely accused of rape) - which seems to be a definite avocation in her life. She also starts to contemplate her own future in a different light. - Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
  

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