Retrospective of the films by Miklos Jancso (1921-2014) at Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre (HICC), 1-A, Janpath > 6pm on 6th, 7th & 8th May 2014
Time : 6:00 pm
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Event Description : Retrospective of the films by Miklos Jancso (1921-2014)
In cooperation with the Federation of Film Societies of India Northern Region
The retrospective pays tribute to Miklós Jancsó, widely acclaimed, iconic Hungarian film director who became world famous with his early films on the relationship of the ordinary men and those in power. His five films were nominated for Best Director Award at the Cannes Festival in the 60-ies and 70-ies. The screenings will take place as per the following schedule:
6th May, Tuesday:
– Inauguration of the Retrospective Session with a talk on Miklós Jancsó by Prof. Diwaker Balakrishnan
– followed by an introduction on Jancsó's life-work by Ms. Anandana Kapur, film maker and critique
– and closing remarks by Mr. Gautam Kal, Vice President, Federation of Film Societies of India
– Screening of the film The Round-Up (1965) (Szegénylegények)
In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established, but partisans carry on with violent actions. In order to root out the guerilla, the army rounds up suspects and jails them in an isolated fort. The authorities do not have the identity of the guerilla leaders, who are supposed to be present among the prisoners. However, they know enough about some of the suspects to apply perfidious forms of coercion effectively.
7th May, Wednesday :
The Red and the White (1967) (Csillagosok, katonák), 90 min.
In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks' defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Near the Volga, a monastery and a field hospital are held by one side then the other. Captives are executed or sent running naked into the woods. Neither side has a plan, and characters the camera picks out soon die. A White Cossack officer kills a Hungarian and is executed by his own superiors when he tries to rape a milkmaid. At the hospital, White officers order nurses into the woods, dressed in finery, to waltz. A nurse aids the Reds, then they accuse her of treason for following White orders. Red soldiers walk willingly, singing, into an overwhelming force. War seems chaotic and arbitrary.
8th May, Thursday :
Agnus Dei (1970) (Égi bárány), 84 min.
Alegory of the suppression of the 1919 revolution and the advent of fascism in Hungary; in the countryside, a unit of the revolutionary army spares the life of father Vargha, a fanatical priest. He comes back and leads massacres. A new force, represented by Feher, apparently avanges the people, but only to impose a different, more refined and effective kind of repression.
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Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre (HICC), 1-A, Janpath, New Delhi- 110 001
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In cooperation with the Federation of Film Societies of India Northern Region
The retrospective pays tribute to Miklós Jancsó, widely acclaimed, iconic Hungarian film director who became world famous with his early films on the relationship of the ordinary men and those in power. His five films were nominated for Best Director Award at the Cannes Festival in the 60-ies and 70-ies. The screenings will take place as per the following schedule:
6th May, Tuesday:
– Inauguration of the Retrospective Session with a talk on Miklós Jancsó by Prof. Diwaker Balakrishnan
– followed by an introduction on Jancsó's life-work by Ms. Anandana Kapur, film maker and critique
– and closing remarks by Mr. Gautam Kal, Vice President, Federation of Film Societies of India
– Screening of the film The Round-Up (1965) (Szegénylegények)
In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established, but partisans carry on with violent actions. In order to root out the guerilla, the army rounds up suspects and jails them in an isolated fort. The authorities do not have the identity of the guerilla leaders, who are supposed to be present among the prisoners. However, they know enough about some of the suspects to apply perfidious forms of coercion effectively.
7th May, Wednesday :
The Red and the White (1967) (Csillagosok, katonák), 90 min.
In 1919, Hungarian Communists aid the Bolsheviks' defeat of Czarists, the Whites. Near the Volga, a monastery and a field hospital are held by one side then the other. Captives are executed or sent running naked into the woods. Neither side has a plan, and characters the camera picks out soon die. A White Cossack officer kills a Hungarian and is executed by his own superiors when he tries to rape a milkmaid. At the hospital, White officers order nurses into the woods, dressed in finery, to waltz. A nurse aids the Reds, then they accuse her of treason for following White orders. Red soldiers walk willingly, singing, into an overwhelming force. War seems chaotic and arbitrary.
8th May, Thursday :
Agnus Dei (1970) (Égi bárány), 84 min.
Alegory of the suppression of the 1919 revolution and the advent of fascism in Hungary; in the countryside, a unit of the revolutionary army spares the life of father Vargha, a fanatical priest. He comes back and leads massacres. A new force, represented by Feher, apparently avanges the people, but only to impose a different, more refined and effective kind of repression.
Retrospective of the films by Miklos Jancso (1921-2014) at Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre (HICC), 1-A, Janpath > 6pm on 6th, 7th & 8th May 2014
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