Tensions mount as Laci and his wife, Iren, thwarted in their efforts to find an apartment of their own
during Hungary’s housing crisis in the 1970s, are stuck in his parents’ cramped one-room apartment. A microcosm of the Communist government’s influence in Tarr’s native country, the film vividly exposes the frustrations of the Hungarian people through a variety of styles, from Altmanesque overlapping conversations to staged interviews. Winner of the Hungarian Film Critics prize for best first feature. 1979, 35mm, in Hungarian with English subtitles, 100 minutes.

This program is made possible by generous support from Regis Foundation.

Tensions mount as Laci and his wife, Iren, thwarted in their efforts to find an apartment of their own
during Hungary’s housing crisis in the 1970s, are stuck in his parents’ cramped one-room apartment. A microcosm of the Communist government’s influence in Tarr’s native country, the film vividly exposes the frustrations of the Hungarian people through a variety of styles, from Altmanesque overlapping conversations to staged interviews. Winner of the Hungarian Film Critics prize for best first feature. 1979, 35mm, in Hungarian with English subtitles, 100 minutes.

This program is made possible by generous support from Regis Foundation.