In a village on the Hungarian border, two young brothers grow up during war time with their cruel grandmother and must learn every trick of evil to survive in the absurd world of adults.
Acting
The Gyémánt twins—unsettlingly identical, terrifyingly hollow.
Direction
Szász makes cruelty feel like Hungarian winter: inevitable, beautiful, deadly.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a cursed fairy tale illustration.
Director
János Szász
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Agota Kristof's novel—a cult classic banned in some schools for 'corrupting youth.' The irony delighted her.
Szász cast actual twins who'd never acted, then separated them for weeks to build the brothers' isolated codependency on screen. The chill between them in early scenes? Real estrangement.
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