Punk rock vs. psychiatric torture in communist Hungary — resistance never sounded this dangerous.
Set in 1983, behind the Iron Curtain of Eastern Europe in Budapest, the film follows Frank, the charismatic singer of a banned punk band that carries the voice of their generation against a totalitarian regime. Taken to the police psychiatric hospital in an attempt to silence him, Frank will sacrifice everything to resist.
Acting
Fuchs Benjámin's feral, magnetic presence as Frank.
Production
Suffocating period detail of 1983 Budapest.
Direction
Fabricius's unflinching institutional horror.
Director
Gábor Fabricius
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real 1980s Hungarian punk persecution; the 'psychiatric hospital' was an actual state tactic against dissidents.
Director Fabricius smuggled original punk recordings from the era, some never heard publicly, to shape the film's authenticity.
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