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Father (1966)

Father poster
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

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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