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1945

2017

Ferenc Török

Péter Rudolf, Tamás Szabó Kimmel, Dóra Sztarenki, Bence Tasnádi ...

6.7

1,136

Drama Adapted by Török and Gábor T. Szántó from the short story 'Homecoming' (written by the latter), the story kicks off in the summer of 1945, as the preparations are being made for a wedding in a Hungarian village. Arpad, the son of the influential town clerk, Istvan Szentes, is to marry Kisrozsi, the former fiancée of his friend, Jancsi. Everyone believed that Jancsi had been killed on the frontline, but he has finally returned home as a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"A respectable if somewhat predictable addition to the canon of movies dealing with the immediate postwar period"	POS
United States	Alissa Simon Variety	"A fresh, intelligent cinematic approach to a difficult topic that takes on a transitional time in Hungarian history with subtlety and nuance."	POS
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"Absorbing and finely wrought, '1945' is not perfect. It oversimplifies Istvan’s motivation for issuing an accusation against a friend."	NEU
United States	Greg Cwik Slant	"The fractured rhythm of '1945' and the desolate aesthetic are engrossing, but Ferenc Török’s film doesn’t linger (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Elazar Fine The Playlist	"The film’s climactic anti-climax is well done (...) Török clearly has a lot on his mind about guilt and honor and forgiveness (...) It’s far from a perfect, or even great"	NEU
United States	Danny King Village Voice	"[It] compellingly charts the course of just a few hours in a Hungarian village on August 12, 1945 (...) Török also invests the movie with strong visual motifs"	POS

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