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Land of Storms (2014)

Land of Storms poster
Original title
Viharsarok
Directed by
Ádám Császi
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Germany, Hungary
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
U
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 85 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man quits his football career in Germany and returns to his rural hometown in Hungary. There he starts a romance with a local stonemason, while his former roommate from Germany shows up to try to bring him back to football.

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What happens

Land of Storms (Hungarian: Viharsarok) is a Hungarian drama film, released in 2014. The feature film debut of director Ádám Császi, the film had its debut at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. The film stars András Sütő as Szabolcs, a young man who returns home to Hungary after quitting his budding football career in Germany, and begins a romantic and sexual relationship with Áron (Ádám Varga), an apprentice stonemason from a nearby town. The situation is complicated when Bernard (Sebastian Urzendowsky), Szabolcs' former roommate in Germany, arrives to convince him to return to football training. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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