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Minden szerdán

1979 · 101 min

A quiet, somber Hungarian drama that unfolds patiently, watching damaged people reach awkwardly toward each other.

Overview
Stephen, living in a troubled family, breaks into a grocery store and wreaks vandalism. He is sent to a reform school. Later he works in a cleaning brigade and accidentally meets József Draskóczi, who denounced him. Draskóczi lives in an unloving, troubled atmosphere with his barren daughter and cynical son-in-law, ascetic about his youthful communist beliefs. He feels responsible for Istvan's fate, offering him a human voice and love. Despite his daughter's hysterical jealousy, he sends Istvan to school and then, through his previous connections, provides him with an apartment...

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • family
    • class
    • guilt
    • redemption
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Lívia Gyarmathy
    Written by
    Lívia Gyarmathy, György Kardos G.
    Starring
    János Bán, Judit Meszléry, Miklós Markovich, Tibor Szilágyi, Róbert Koltai, Jiří Menzel, Erzsi Pásztor, Klára Leviczki
    Runtime
    101 min
    Languages
    Hungarian

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