The read
It runs long at 2h 31m.
Synopsis
It’s summer in Budapest, high school student Abel is struggling to focus on his final exams, whilst coming to the realisation that he is hopelessly in love with his best friend Janka. The studious Janka has her own unrequited love with married history teacher Jakab—who had a previous confrontation with Abel’s conservative father. The tensions of a polarised society come unexpectedly to the surface when Abel’s history graduation exam turns into a national scandal.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
35 audience votes
Key crew
- Gábor ReiszDirector
- Gábor ReiszWriter
- Kálmán AndrásOriginal Music Composer
- Gábor ReiszOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Adonyi-Walsh GáspárÁbel
- István ZnamenákGyörgy
- András RusznákJakab
- Rebeka HatháziErika
- Lilla KizlingerJanka
- Eliza SodróDorka
- Dániel KirályBalázska
- Gergely KocsisCsángó Márton
- András HatháziErika's father
- Juli JakabAulich Anna
- Krisztina UrbanovitsJudit
- Tamás FodorHargitay Elemér