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Rear-Guard

1987

A quiet, watchful political drama that simmers with small-town pressure and the uneasy feeling of being watched.

Overview
1985. Hungary has elections for the first time since long where more than one candidate is allowed to run. The engineer Bodnár is the most popular man in the rural town, who has defended the microclimate of the neighbourhood against a harmful project. Before the elections he is also put on the list. Local power launches a fight against him,

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • power
  • corruption
  • class
  • justice
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
András Kovács
Starring
Péter Blaskó, Imre Csiszár, Mari Szemes, István Fonyó, Gábor Mádi Szabó, András Fekete, Irén Bódis, Ildikó Incze
Languages
Hungarian

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