Éhség

Underrated in light of its current (February 4, 2007) IMDb score of 6.4, this film reminded me of what Joseph Heller's 'Something Happened' could look like if a film was to be made out of it. Our middle-aged character's life is in a fragile balance at the start and soon that balance will, of course, be disturbed. Even without much in the way of drama at first, an at times nightmarish reality intermingles with nightmares, and, typically for a movie from this region, state bureaucracy and the absurdities of a semi-legal order play a role in moving developments along. So what is it that awaits our hero down the informal road he is officially sent? Complete deconstruction? Or the 'unbearable lightness of being'? If you give the movie the time to unfold, it will reward you revealing an entertaining concept by the end.

A pretty mixed society get together in a camping area. They enjoy their vacation and do not know that two of the vacationists are demolition experts, who are looking for a huge bomb which may explode in any minute. Written by Tamas Patrovics

In 1951 Communist-era Budapest, the secret police knock on the door of an ordinary family. Instead of arresting them, they decide to move in and hold the family captive in their own home, along with anyone who comes to visit them.

Kata sets off to meet her boyfriend's parents for the first time, but stops after getting off the train. Is she really ready for their relationship to get this serious? Is she ready for adult life? In order to think about all this, she needs to break away from her usual everyday life for a day in order to experience the forgotten feeling of youth and freedom in a dreamlike adventure.

Alex is trying to bring back his dead girlfriend, Linda, from the Other Side through an obscure castle, where people can visit their loved ones.  Suddenly, a plan occurs to him in the castle. He meets Lala, who got tragically stuck in transit for long years. She collects travelers’ soul for the castle to reduce her own years. Alex plans to trick Lala to the Other Side and leave her there in exchange for Linda.  The lovers unite on the Other Side, but death cannot be fooled, Alex’s misdeed does not remain unpunished.

A young boy feels lost in the world. He only finds solace in his imagination. But it’s getting harder to escape from reality.