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In this clever satire about the culture wars, a Hungarian student is embroiled in a national scandal when he fails his exams, accidentally becoming a figurehead for the right.
On the brink of his final high school exams, Abel is struggling to focus. His loving parents are supportive but also pressure him to perform well. But Abel is hopelessly in love with his best friend, the studious Janka, and incapable of concentrating. When he freezes during the oral component of the history exam, a Hungarian nationality pin he’s absent-mindedly wearing sets off an absurd series of events that come to obsess a nation. Director Gábor Reisz, in expressing deep concern for his bitterly divided country, depicts a scenario that plausibly and frighteningly could take place in many countries in the world.
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Gábor Reisz
Director, Screenwriter
Gábor Reisz is a Hungarian filmmaker whose filmography reached cult status in Hungary and across the festival circuit. Reisz developed his sophomore feature Bad Poems (2018) as part of Cannes Film Festival’s Residence program in 2015, which received national recognition in his home country.
- Program Strand
- Features
- Original Title
- MAGYARÁZAT MINDENRE
- Year
- 2023
- Classification
- Unclassified 15+
- Country
- Hungary, Slovakia
- Language
- In Hungarian with English subtitles
- Director
- Gábor Reisz
- Producer
- Júlia Berkes
- Cast
- Gáspár Adonyi-Walsh, István Znamenák, András Rusznák
- Screenwriter
- Gábor Reisz, Éva Schulze
- Cinematographer
- Kristóf Becsey
- Editor
- Vanda Gorácz, Gábor Reisz
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- Politics & Economics, Festival Award Winners
- Company Credits
- Sales Agent: Films Boutique
