Known for Acting
Somewhere in a small village in Hungary three public workers dig the same ditch year after year for aid, while they talk about the same day after day. One of them, Béla learns that the TV news showed a former classmate of them, Frike Herner, whose father was the village's policeman when they were children. Béla recalls how at that time a childish conflict between the two of them grew to a great extent. As he remembers more and more details, begins to realize that human destinies repeat themselves from generation to generation and are just as constant as the always-the-same ditch in front of them. Comical and sometimes painfully thought-provoking story through present and past try to find the answers to questions ranging from the individual to the entire world: are we in God's hand, or is God inside us, and can we shape our own destiny? The film is based on the play of the popular Hungarian writer, János Háy.
Between 1993 and 1999, one man robbed 29 financial institutions in Budapest. Banks, post offices and even travel agencies fell victim to his crime spree. The police had no leads and no hope of finding him during his six-year stint. The only clue left behind at the crime scenes was the distinct aroma of whiskey. The media christened him the “Whiskey Bandit”. Never physically harming anyone, many began to eagerly follow his escapades through the media. A Transylvanian immigrant, who also happened to be a goalie for one of the city's largest hockey teams, named Attila Ambrus, was finally identified as the “Whiskey Bandit”. The police had finally captured him... or so they thought.
Boróka, the 18-year-old heroine of the film, soon lives off the millions she has received to buy a home with her lover János, who, once they run out of money, trades her love for a Harley Davidson motorbike. Boróka becomes the prisoner of a pimp named Ronaldo. She has a bitter experience in the woods near the highway until she escapes from her captor at the first opportunity. She meets Móric, who takes in the escaped girl. Boróka enrols in an EU manager training course. Her talents soon come to light, successfully selling red umbrellas to a large crowd of her former acquaintances. Ronaldo and his buddy, tracking her down, find Móric, whose arm is broken in a fight. Boróka herself seeks revenge and attacks the pimp (in a female way) in a bodybuilding salon. After clearing the obstacles, she successfully completes the course, Móric recovers and the future may even bring love for the young couple.
A gypsy apothecary-violinist befriends a Hapsburg prince after saving his life during the disastrous Hungarian War of Independence in 1849.
The 50 years old Ferenc rents an apartment on the Balaton beach, but it has a lot of debt on it. His plan is to make it profitable.
Filmed in commemoration of Hungary's 1100th anniversary and on the sites of the actual events, a cast of thousands authentically recreates the 896 AD arrival of the Magyar chief Arpad (Nero) and his seven tribes into the Carpathian basin from the steppes.
"Who are you, wonderful creature, Who are you, man? The garment of your soul A bright robe woven of starry rays, And your body Worn rags cover your body. Your family is hungry, you are hungry yourself, And it is your Sunday, If soft bread should chance to be On your tableclothless table, And what is there for you and yours Thou canst not get, The world at large Thou strivest to make the world happy."
A cross-section of the relationship between the two great figures of French symbolism, Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine.
