Erzsi Pasztor Movies

As a long-haired young truckdriver journeys along, he dreams of driving in other countries and fantasizes about women. Over her parent's objections, he marries a young woman he has been seeing. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Emma has moved to Budapest from the countryside with her good friend Böbe, and both of them have taken jobs as schoolteachers. However, their wages are pitifully small, and all they can afford in the way of housing is a shared room in a boarding house near the airport. The two women have settled into their lives, but it isn't easy: Emma's sexual affair with the school's married principal is not emotionally satisfying, and Böbe's penchant for picking up foreigners and bringing them back to their room for sex creates unpleasant situations, to say the least. At school, it used to be clear what the quickest route to success was, but now that the communists are no longer in power, a lot of the senior people are floundering in uncertainty. Eventually, Emma gains the courage to strike out on her own. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

A drama of an unlikely romance and the societal barriers young lovers must overcome, Kozel a Szerelemhez (aka Close to Love) stars Ferenc Hujber as Karcsi, a young cop who is full of dreams and ideals, especially in comparison with his partners, who have small concern for the law. When Karcsi helps out a Chinese woman who can't speak Hungarian (Tsuyu Shimizu), a romance begins to blossom between them, until his racist partners interfere. This film was shown as part of the 1999 Hungarian Film Week Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Three generations of humble Hungarian farmers go all out during a visit to the city which takes them to the home of an important government official for the weekend. They attempt to impress the man by bringing an imposing quantity of food and drink with them. The mother of the family struggles mightily to create what is surely a gourmet masterpiece, and is dismayed to discover that the bureaucrat has a sickly digestive system and cannot eat the feast she has prepared. He also doesn't drink. This puts a damper on their plan to ask the man to help them find a job for the youngest man in the family, who is something of a drifter. Despite that, they manage to have a good time before returning to their country home. They are not badly off, after all, and they are leaving no worse off than they arrived. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi