Katalin Petényi and Barna Kabay have put together a series of nine films presenting some of the fundamental strands that link the cultures of Italy and Hungary. The tenth movie surveys the life and work of mystical painter Imre Ámos, while an eleventh in the series, directed by Bence Gyöngyössy,
We should give our children roots and wings – according to Goethe – but this is exactly what my generation, the children of Socialism, did not receive. Roots were not important, since we were fed internationalism in place of a patriotic upbringing, and instead of being given wings, we were
The film was followed by a few moments of silence that felt like an eternity in the crowded Uránia theatre. Only afterwards was there applause, but subdued and careful, as if for lack of a better response the viewers who had assembled for the premier had felt compelled, out of
The director uses a multitude of early film clips, photographs, and interviews, adding thereby a new dimension and greater quality. He primarily uses the collection of the ethnographer Elemér Bakó. The documentaries are poignant; he quotes the famous lines from Attila József about a million and a half of our
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