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Red Fun Fair

1988 · 81 min

A wry, slow-burning historical drama that mixes political debate with the faded charm of an amusement park, asking patience but rewarding with quiet irony.

Directed by
György Molnár
Starring
Loránd Lohinszky, Sándor Gáspár, Éva Thúróczy
Overview
The film takes place the Budapest Amusement Park in 1919, just before and during the proletarian dictatorship. After the outbreak of the proletarian dictatorship, both the former employee who returns from Russian captivity as a communist and the domestic philosopher spreading Marxists ideology regard the nationalisation of the Fun Fair vitally urgent. In this, the daughter of the owner of Orpheum Blau, Ilona, assisting most enthusiastically.

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Directed by
György Molnár
Starring
Loránd Lohinszky, Sándor Gáspár, Éva Thúróczy
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • class
  • power
  • identity
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Directed by
György Molnár
Written by
Péter Sülyi, András Nagy, Géza Csáth
Starring
Loránd Lohinszky, Sándor Gáspár, Éva Thúróczy, Gergely Kaszás, Anna Kubik, Dani Jávor, Péter Haumann, Károly Eperjes
Cinematography
Gábor Szabó
Runtime
81 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian

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