A drunk poem destroys everything — and the director won't stop talking about it.
The turnings of this satirical story are accentuated by the comments of the Director and the Author. Éva is in love with Zoli. She expects to live a wild and modern life by his side, not the boredom of a petite-bourgeois household. On a drunken morning, Zoli writes a poem. The poem is published in a morning paper and divides readers. Because of the poem the young man is dismissed it from his work, and his landlord kicks him out from the apartment.
Direction
Révész breaks the fourth wall with gleeful self-awareness.
Writing
A poem so bad it becomes revolutionary — accidentally.
Acting
Törőcsik's Éva believes in Zoli more than he deserves.
Director
György Révész
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the brief Hungarian thaw of 1963-65, when filmmakers could mock socialist bureaucracy with plausible deniability.
The director's commentary isn't just cheeky — it's Révész protecting himself from censors by appearing critical of his own satire.
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