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Herminafields - Zeitgeist (2006)
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Original name: Herminamező - Szellemjárás
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
The film is composed around a violent incident, happened in 1956. Upon hearing the news that the Russians were approaching, the dwellers of the Home for the Disabled armed themselves. Followed by stares by people living in the area they marched along Hermina road, or went in wheelchairs, on crutches, hobbling, dragging rifles and a heavy machine-gun...
Style:
captivating, suspense, bleak, political, tension, melancholic, art house, reflective, period drama
Plot:
violence, military, handicapped, wartime, protector, society, assault, protection, social relations, social issues, physical disability, massacre, memory, fear, destruction, occupation, resistance, grief, aftermath, loss, disability, oppression, trauma, haunting, traumatic memory ...
Place:
hungary
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