Péter Gárdos

The year is 1912. In a village somewhere, a small parish school, however, starts out the school year in quite ordinary fashion. This fall, the kids are overcome by a strange sense of wild mischief: they keep coming up with out-of-this-world pranks. Their perennial target is Szebeni, a shy, bespectacled boy who winds up losing his glasses every day. (trefa-mozifilm.hu)

The story of 10-year-old boy and his family against the backdrop of the bloody events of 1956, in Budapest. Children do not yet understand what is going on, but they're happy because the schools are closed. But gradually, to adults and children comes the understanding that something terrible is happening. Disappearing relatives, friends, and even killed some. Tips sent an army to put down the counterrevolutionary rebellion. (John Stieber)

"The Last Blues" is set over a period of 24 hours. On this day the life of thirty-five year old Andris goes irreversibly astray. (imdb)