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Father (1966)
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Original name: Apa
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The beginning shows Hungary devastated by the war and the postwar reconstruction with its communist government. Our hero (played first by Dániel Erdély and later, as a young man, by András Bálint) is clearly determined to find out what he can about his father who died young. All he knows is that he was a doctor and perhaps he was an honored victim of fascism. He never really finds out but his relationship with his mother, his friends and his Jewish girlfriend will make him totally independent of this need to find all about Apa or Father.
Style:
melancholic, reflective, period piece, historical drama, nostalgic
Plot:
boy, mother son relationship, family drama, coming of age, father figure, loss of innocence, character study, father, bittersweet, moral ambiguity, little boy, teenager, partisan, single mother, communism, elementary school, young boy, country, 12 year old, hungarian
Time:
1940s, year 1966, post world war two
Place:
hungary, budapest
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Duration: 90 min.
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Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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