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Volley for a Black Buffalo

1985 · 107 min

A quiet, mournful ensemble portrait of a postwar town, drifting between its damaged adults and a watching child, heavy with loss and slow to reveal itself.

Overview: During the years following World War II, a new boy arrives to class 7/c, and the audience learns to know the lives of the drunkard teacher, his husband-cheating wife, the lonely music teacher hiding behind her paper flowers, the wise count deprived of all his properties, the jovial parish priest and especially the buffalo owner of tragic fate who lost his four daughters, alongside with the young protagonist.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
coming-of-age
isolation
family
class
Places: small town
school
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Szabó László
Written by: Ferenc Jeli, Ferenc András, Szabó László
Starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Cottençon, Székely B. Miklós, Ferenc Kállai, István Bujtor, Berta Domínguez D., Lili Monori
Cinematography: János Kende
Runtime: 107 min
Country: Hungary
Languages: Hungarian

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