Merry-Go-Round (1956)

Original title

Körhinta

Directed by

Zoltán Fábri

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

Hungary

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in rural Hungary is torn between her stern father's choice of a wealthy suitor and the man she truly loves. She and her lover must fight against family duty and social pressure to be together.

romanticintensevisually lushemotionalbittersweetnaturalisticrestlesspassionate

What happens

Merry-Go-Round (Hungarian: Körhinta, pronounced [ˈkørɦintɒ]) is a 1956 Hungarian drama film directed by Zoltán Fábri, based on the short story Kútban (In the Well) by Imre Sarkadi. It was in competition at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. It was later selected to be screened in the Cannes Classics section of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. The film was chosen to be part both of Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968 and its follow-up, the New Budapest Twelve in 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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