In November 1956, many people fled to Tito in Yugoslavia and were confronted with socialism, which they called "man-faced". The film's heroes find temporary refuge on a Bunyevac farmer's farm and await their fate there, as well as in nearby Subotica, in a long-simmering family and social environment, under the supervision of local internal security officers. One of them, a participant in the 1942 massacre in Baška, later a carpenter, now posing as a revolutionary, tries to blackmail his host with old memories. A naive young man of faith tries to clear up the gendarme's past, his son, a Stalinist, and his role in the revolution, as does the penitent intellectual.
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Karolj Viček Director · Ferenc Deák Writer
First release January 1, 2003 · Produced in Hungary, Serbia · Languages Hungarian, Serbian
Production
Subotica Film
Production
Új Budapest Filmstudió
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Hungary · Serbia
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Original title
Bolygótüz
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian · Serbian
Release dates
Hungary · January 1, 2003
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