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Csutak and the Grey Horse

1961 · 79 min

A gentle, unhurried childhood tale of loneliness easing into belonging, with a scrappy animal and a gang of kids at its warm center.

Overview
Csutak is just a pain in the neck, the little boy is even excluded from play by his mates. Vacation is spent lonely until one day he sneaks the woman haulier's old, shabby horse, a creature that would be better off in a slaughterhouse, out with himself. Possessing the animal is the key to the children's gang. They all try to find a place for the horse.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • friendship
    • isolation
    • coming-of-age
    Places
    • countryside
    • small town
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    family
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance0
    Tension2
    Darkness2
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    family
    Directed by
    Zoltán Várkonyi
    Written by
    Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács
    Starring
    Gábor Veress, Mari Szemes, Ferenc Kállai, Ferenc Kiss, Anna Báró, Erzsi Orsolya, Tibor Polgár, Tünde Bedö
    Runtime
    79 min
    Country
    Hungary
    Languages
    Hungarian

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