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1988 | Color | 116 min

Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab, rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be unbearable, except for the existence of the Titanik Bar and its beautiful, married singer, who dreams of one day becoming famous. When Karrer is offered a smuggling job by the bartender, he decides to offer it to her husband, Sebastian, hoping that this absence will provide him with an opportunity to get close to the singer.


Country: Hungría
Direction: Tarr; Béla
Script: Krasznahorkai; László, Tarr; Béla
Production: Marx; József
Photography: Medvigy; Gábor
Music: Vig; Mihály
Cast:Temessy; Hédi, Cserhalmi; György, Kerekes; Vali, Székely; Miklós, Pauer; Gyula
Participation year at FICM: 2011

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