Explanation for Everything
It’s summer in Budapest, high school student Abel is struggling to focus on his final exams, whilst coming to the realisation that he is hopelessly in love with his best friend Janka. The studious Janka has her own unrequited love with married history teacher Jakab—who had a previous confrontation with Abel’s conservative father. The tensions of a polarised society come unexpectedly to the surface when Abel’s history graduation exam turns into a national scandal.
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Cast
38 people
Adonyi-Walsh Gáspár
Ábel
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Házibuli Karaoki
Coasting
István Znamenák
György
Known for
Taxidermia
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András Rusznák
Jakab
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Rebeka Hatházi
Erika
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Április huszonhét
Lilla Kizlinger
Janka
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Semmelweis
Eliza Sodró
Dorka
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A mi kis falunk
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Dániel Király
Balázska
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One Summer Adventure
Gólkirályság
Gergely Kocsis
Csángó Márton
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Bogaras szülők
Bűnös Város
András Hatházi
Erika's father
Known for
Valan: Valley of Angels
R.M.N.
Juli Jakab
Aulich Anna
Known for
Sunset
Krisztina Urbanovits
Judit
Also in
Csak színház és más semmi
BigBakShow
Tamás Fodor
Hargitay Elemér
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Sunshine
Gábor Reisz Director · Kálmán András Composer Kristóf Becsey Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $460K · United States release April 5, 2024 · Produced in Hungary, Slovakia
Box office
Worldwide gross
$459,543
Production
Proton Cinema
Production
MPhilms
Production
Hungary · Slovakia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Magyarázat mindenre
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian
Release dates
Italy · September 1, 2023
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Hungary · October 5, 2023
Theatrical
United States · April 5, 2024
Premiere · New Directors/New Films
Australia
June 12, 2024 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
Czechia
June 29, 2024 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
January 9, 2025 · Theatrical
France
March 27, 2024 · Theatrical
Germany
July 1, 2024 · Premiere · Munich International Film Festival
December 19, 2024 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
April 2, 2024 · Premiere · Hong Kong International Film Festival
India
October 29, 2023 · Premiere · Jio MAMI Film Festival
Italy
May 1, 2024 · Theatrical
Lithuania
April 5, 2024 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 24, 2024 · Premiere · Movies That Matter Festival
June 27, 2024 · Theatrical
New Zealand
August 3, 2024 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival
Poland
September 13, 2024 · Limited theatrical
September 17, 2024 · Premiere · WAMA Film Festival
December 13, 2024 · Digital · VOD rental and purchase
Romania
October 27, 2023 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 5, 2023 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
Spain
November 8, 2024 · Theatrical
Thailand
November 9, 2024 · Premiere · World Film Festival Bangkok
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