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Partisans

2016 · 18 min

A quiet, tense childhood friendship unfolds against a dangerous historical backdrop, blending innocent mischief with looming political threat.

Directed by
Szonja Szabó
Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Illés Vencel, Szili Géza
Overview
The film is the story of a childhood friendship tells the story of the fall of 1959, in Budapest. Jancsika and Feri nine years old, lives put them together in the common events: when Feri protect weaker friend when the marbles wins, but the larger ones lost him, and committed with mischief when the lányöltözőbe peephole and coach to shame them in front of the girls, or partizánosdi loud, which annoy the caretaker day. No idea how dangerous terrain that their friendship is born. One day his father conducted by Feri arrested and hauled away Jancsika father, who was a participant in the events of fifty-six. During the house search find the hole in the national flag, which at that time was enough for the death penalty.

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Directed by
Szonja Szabó
Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Illés Vencel, Szili Géza
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • betrayal
  • family
  • politics
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
family, drama
Directed by
Szonja Szabó
Starring
Illés Vencel, Szili Géza
Runtime
18 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian

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