A nagy generáció . The Great Generation

This award-winning film is a commentary on the nature of the older and younger generations in Hungary during the mid-'80s. Réb (György Cserhalmi) stole his friend Makai's (Károly Eperjes) passport in 1968 and took off for the U.S. Seventeen years later, he comes back to Hungary with a teen...

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Other Authors: András, Ferenc
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:Hungarian
Published: Hungary 1985
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:0c596f65-a887-445e-bc89-f137ae53ce2b
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description This award-winning film is a commentary on the nature of the older and younger generations in Hungary during the mid-'80s. Réb (György Cserhalmi) stole his friend Makai's (Károly 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. Réb's ex-wife Mari (Mari Kiss) feels the same. Meanwhile, Makai's son is called up for the army, and that leads Makai to make a poor decision about how to help him avoid military service. In contrast to Réb, Makai, and the younger set, the elders who experienced all the horrors of war seem like paragons of both wisdom and stability.
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spellingShingle A nagy generáció . The Great Generation
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title A nagy generáció . The Great Generation
topic [Fiction film]
url http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:0c596f65-a887-445e-bc89-f137ae53ce2b