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Pleasant Days (2002)

Pleasant Days poster
Original title
Szép napok
Directed by
Kornél Mundruczó
Genre
drama film
Country
Hungary
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
15+
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man returns to his rural hometown after a long absence. He tries to reconnect with his estranged family but finds that old tensions and dark secrets resurface.

grimstrikingslow-burnbleakintensemelancholicvisually starkdisturbing

What happens

Pleasant Days, Szép napok, is a 2002 Hungarian film directed by Kornel Mundruczo. Variety described the film as grim but striking. The Guardian reviewer Peter Bradshaw gave it four out of five stars. The Hungarian Film Critics Association named it the best Hungarian film of 2003. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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