A painter vs. corrupt goose farmers in communist Hungary's wild east. Art meets ecological rage.
From the intrigues and slander of the branch the painter Hódosi moves out to a hamlet at Hortobágy. He gets into conflict situation as well as he cannot endure that the political and economic elite of the neigbourhood would devastate the nature conservation area with hunting and (tax evading) goose husbandry.
Cinematography
Hortobágy's endless plains as character and prison
Acting
Cserhalmi's simmering idealist cracking under pressure
Direction
Sára's unflinching gaze at systemic rot
Director
Sára Sándor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Hungary's final communist years, the film smuggles dissident critique through ecological allegory—nature preservation being one of few 'safe' protest topics.
Cserhalmi, already a star, reportedly insisted on living in the actual Hortobágy for weeks to develop Hódosi's weathered isolation.
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