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Oh, Bloody Life

1984 · 108 min

A bittersweet, ironic look at a young artist crushed by political paranoia, mixing dry humor with quiet despair.

Directed by
Péter Bacsó
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Dorottya Udvaros, Zoltán Bezerédy, András Kern
Overview
The Hungarian Oh, Bloody Life reflects on the heavy emotional toll taken by the repressive Stalin regime. Dorotya Udvaros plays a young actress from a high-born family. The government bias against persons of wealth threatens to destroy her career before it begins. As a final blow, she is threatened with deportation. The exasperation inherent in the film's title is only the tip of the iceberg.

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Directed by
Péter Bacsó
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Dorottya Udvaros, Zoltán Bezerédy, András Kern
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 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
  • identity
  • power
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Péter Bacsó
Written by
Péter Bacsó
Starring
Dorottya Udvaros, Zoltán Bezerédy, András Kern, Ödön Rubold, László Szacsvay, Lajos Őze, Margit Lukács, Ida Turay
Runtime
108 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian

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