A muscle-bound braggart bets he can seduce his boss's wife. Spoiler: feelings are terrible at gambling.
Terpinkó, the bragging man of muscle likes womanising linked with betting: conquering is a great fun for him. He bet one to a hundred on his new boss, Éva. But the wife of the engineer handles all his tricks with annoying benevolence. Terpinkó falls in love with her and therefore he cannot stand her not returning his feelings.
Acting
Latinovits brings smoldering restraint to every scene.
Direction
Máriássy frames male ego like a tragedy waiting to happen.
Writing
Wager-as-plot-device that actually interrogates itself.
Director
Félix Máriássy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 1960s Hungarian 'új hullám' (new wave), this film interrogated socialist-era masculinity when state-sanctioned heroism still demanded stoic male laborers.
Director Máriássy died just two years later at 52; Collision remains one of his most psychologically sharp character studies.
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