Zalán Makranczi

34 year old Bálint Szentesi does the seemingly superficial job of communication training during the daytime and dutifully spends time with his pregnant wife in the evening. One day, he finds a piece of paper with his handwriting in his basement.

Set in a large apartment in Hungary during the death throes of communism, obedient Andor lives with his eccentric mother, Rebeka, a once-celebrated stage actress-turned-recluse. After years of coexisting in a love-hate relationship marked by routine and possible incest, Andor brings home Eszter, a beautiful girl his own age. Her advances awaken Andor's repressed desires, the depths of which prove shocking. Opera director Robert Alfoldi renders this bizarre story in a melodramatic style, and veteran Hungarian stage star Dorottya Udvaros rises to the occasion. If you can imagine the intersecting area on a Venn diagram that includes Taxidermia and Sunset Blvd., that's where Where Were You, My Son? was born. The original title, Nyugalom, which translates to Tranquility, is ironic to say the least. ...over the-top...memorable...thunderous...sex and violins (Variety).

Nightmares submerge into reality and intertwine as we follow the everyday lives of ordinary people living in a parallel reality called The Quarantine Zone during the pandemic lockdown of 2020/21.

Felix, a high rescue specialist, brings down suiciders from bridges in a city in crisis. His son, who secretly makes videos of dangerous rescues and sells them to TV, blames his father for the loss of his mother. As Felix tries to reconnect with his son and help people at any cost, dramatic events unfold.

In an ever burning city, a private eye gets entangled in the web of a techno-religious network, which forces him to confront his past and accept his future. Whatever that may be.

“István és Koppány,” the definitive Hungarian rock-opera by Levente Szörényi and János Bródy about the nation’s founding, returns for its 30th anniversary in a bold new staging by Róbert Alföldi. With unchanged music and lyrics, the spectacle unfolds on an 860 m², 21 m-high set, featuring 150 dancers and extras, a 60-piece symphony orchestra and a six-member rock band, all brought to life with redesigned décor and costumes.

In this mystical-realist Hungarian ghost story, Irma asks her half-brother and her allegedly best friend to spend the weekend at the family summer cabin with her. They haven’t seen one another for a long time and Irma surprises them with her late-stage pregnancy. She also shares something even more unexpected with them: she feels that she will die tomorrow.

The new owner of a brilliant race horse finds love while carrying out his revenge on the man who murdered his father.

Áron stands in his life as an average 29-year-old weirdo. He has many contemporary complexes, a fresh university degree, and a recent break up. His parents have to support him financially as he is still a job seeker and while Áron is agonizing on his lost love, he is always interrupted by something; it seems like he’s not the main character in his life.

Psychotherapist Ruben Brandt becomes the most wanted criminal in the world when he and four of his patients steal paintings from the world's most renowned museums and art collections.

Eva lives cut off from the outside world in het sterile blue apartment. She's allergic to just about everything. Are her allergies caused by a polluting multinational corporation, or is she so sensitive and vulnerable she's making herself ill?

Life is not always full of joy. A young boy dreams of being a bus driver. His father is hiding - for what he does not know - and his mother does not want him to speak to strangers. Everyday the boy is allowed to go out and play on a pile of wood in a nearby yard. One day a stranger shows up and wants to befriend the boy.

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