The Shadows of the Century

  • Hungary Árnyékszázad
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Fantasy / Experimental
Hungary, 1993, 69 min

Cast:

Denisa Dér

Plots(1)

The film recounts the life of a few regular guests of the alternative bar, Black Hole and is based on associative and repetitive motives. Concerts are on in the Hole, puppy seed concoctions are made in a flat. Players make an attempt at self-realisation and at broadening of conscience. The main character, Henrik, is willing to spend entire days in bed - this is what he imagines married life to be. He fumbles with his own thoughts. His evenings in the Hole are spent by reciting his own poems and after a prayer he submerges in a baptising pool. He talks an unknown language (that of the Holy Spirit). The path to self-revelation leads through Purgatory. (official distributor synopsis)

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