Maria Nagy Movies

Bence Gyongyossy (son of director Imre Gyongyossy) made his directorial debut with this King Lear variation about storyteller Lover (Djocko Rossich), who gave his possessions to his two oldest daughters but lost touch with his free-spirited youngest daughter. When government officials announce the plans to destroy the gypsy village and relocate the inhabitants to modern apartments, Lover stays put. During a conflict, a Budapest functionary is killed, and Lover flees with the village simpleton, who becomes his companion in his wanderings. Rossich won a 1998 Hungarian Film Award for "Best Actor" (shared), and the 1997 Montreal Film Festival chose this movie for its "Best First Film" award. Alternate title The Law of the Gypsies. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

In Central Europe during the 1980's an important Hungarian intellectual inexplicably committed suicide. His was only one of many enigmatic deaths and disappearances at that time. His true story provides the basis for this film. The story begins during 1988 when Hungary was still a Communist state. Tibor was a chemical researcher who discovered how to use poisonous gases in chemical weapons. The Russians attempted to get him to give details about the research, but he refused. The KGB arrest him and then drown him in a bathtub. His body is subsequently discovered in the shallows of Lake Balaton. The Hungarian police claim it was suicide, but his son Peter is not convinced. He begins to unravel the mystery and meets with tragedy. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

The Hungarian Az Uj Foldesur is based on the novel of the same name (English translation: The New Landlord) by Mor Jokai. In the days of the Austro-Hungarian empire, an Austrian general (Imre Sinkovits) assumes command of a dissention-ridden Hungarian community. Essentially a man of peace, the general tries to close old wounds by offering his daughter in marriage to the son of a local aristocrat. The girl (Aniko Fur), who already has a lover, bristles at this arrangement. The boy (Laszlo Sinko), who has lost his memory during a recent military action, has no idea what he really wants out of life. There's really no telling how this will end, so your attention is bound to be riveted to the screen throughout. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In an odd, sometimes nearly whimsical look at the nature of human curiosity, a certain amount of voyeurism quickly enters into the picture when a young man stops in front of an arcade, caught by the sight of a man and woman undressing in front of a window. Just as he becomes intrigued, he is approached by a stranger and reluctantly hired to spy on the woman in the window. So he starts to follow her (apparently he himself has nothing better to do, and he does not want to return home to a hen-pecking wife) and so his unusual assignment begins. Over a certain amount of time, he himself starts to get involved with the young woman -- although neither he nor the viewers are very clear on what he is supposed to discover about her, and what or why he needs to report. The result is an ironic twist that at least partially explains all this skullduggery.
~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi