This award-winning film by Ferenc Andras is a commentary on the nature of the older and younger generation in Hungary during the mid-'80s. Reb (Gyorgy Cserhalmi) stole his friend Makai's (Karoly Eperjes) passport in 1968 and took off for the U.S. Seventeen years later, he comes back to Hungary with a teen-age daughter in tow and starts in with his usual underhanded, sly schemes for making money. Makai is at first happy to see him, but that soon fades. Reb's ex-wife Mari (Mari Kiss) feels the same. Meanwhile, Makai's son is called up for the draft, and that leads Makai to make a poor decision about how to help him avoid military service. In contrast to Reb, Makai, and the younger set, the elders who experienced all the horrors of war seem like paragons of both wisdom and stability. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Cast
György Cserhalmi - Reb
Karoly Eperjes - Makay
Mari Kiss - Mari, Reb's Ex-wife
Dorottya Udvaros - Bea, Makay's Wife
Robert Koltai - Nikita
Tamas Major - Makay's Father; Peter Andorai; Gyorgy Gal - Csaba, Makay's Son; Melanie Jane Ventilia - Marylou
Credit
Maria Benedek - Costume Designer, Ferenc András - Director, Mihaly Morell - Editor, Gyorgy Kovacs - Composer (Music Score), Elemer Ragalyi - Cinematographer, Attila Kovacs - Set Designer, Ferenc András - Screenwriter, Geza Beremenyi - Screenwriter