Sándor Csoóri

Set in the 1940's, in the farm collectives, a young man is refused the grant which would have allowed him to go to a film school, because of an innocent incident relating to his father, later accused of political crime. After trying his hand at many jobs and occupations he will finally be able to go to the film school, and make a film of his experiences. (bfi.org.uk)

The changing and turbulent history of Hungary is seen through the eyes of three men over a 30-year period in this somber drama. The three recall the highlights of their lives in flashbacks as they reminisce in the mid 1960s. (allmovie.com)