Over the course of four generations, a family in Hungary confronts poverty, political turmoil and a life that's perpetually on the move.
Acting
Danuta Szaflarska's Mom eats scenery for breakfast.
Direction
Fekete waltzes through decades like it's nothing.
Writing
Dialogue that stings then hugs you without warning.
Director
Ibolya Fekete
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Danuta Szaflarska was 97 during filming and had survived actual WWII displacement — her lived history bleeds into every frame.
The film's structure mirrors Hungarian oral storytelling traditions where family history gets performed, not just recalled.
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