Father (1966)

Original title

Apa

Directed by

István Szabó

Genre

drama film

Country

Hungary

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young boy grows up after losing his father during a time of political upheaval in Hungary. He deals with his grief while trying to understand the past.

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What happens

Father (Hungarian: Apa, pronounced [ˈɒpɒ] ) is a 1966 Hungarian drama film written and directed by István Szabó. The film is a coming of age story. The main character copes with the childhood loss of his father against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and memories of the earlier dictatorship of the Arrow Cross Party modelled on the German Nazi Party. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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