Father

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Father

1966

1h 28m

Drama

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When young Tako's father dies in Hungary in 1945, Tako is left with scant memories of him. Nurtured by his mother, the boy nonetheless fantasizes about the man his father was, imagining him to have been a hero. Grown into a man himself, Tako (Andras Balint) falls for a Jewish refugee, Anni (Kati Solyom). Burdened by her own heritage as a Jew, Anni sparks in Tako a desire to find out what his father was really like, and he delves into the role his father played in World War II.

Variety Staff

Variety

03/26/2009

This is real, solid, moving yet unsentimental stuff, and it's beautifully illustrated as well by Sandor Sara's camerawork with its nostalgic glimpses of the past.

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Richard F. Shepard

New York Times

05/09/2005

A beautiful study of the need for heritage.

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Penelope Houston

The Spectator

04/25/2016

When it's good, though, Szabo's film is very good indeed.

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

04/25/2016

4/5

A visually audacious yet highly personal study of the uneasy relationship between postwar Hungary and its past.

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TV Guide

04/25/2016

3/5

Told without sentiment, Father is a truly moving picture about a young man's attempt to find, not his father, but himself.

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05/18/2018

Father is a bit strange for me to watch so no thanks it doesn’t look funny

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04/25/2016

I cannot not cry, Hungarian history big time, great acting, and great director. One of the best Szabo movie ever.

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04/25/2016

A boring, black-and-white foreign film about a young man who comes of age in postwar Hungary after the death of his father, who he idealizes and makes up stories about. It was a clock-watching drag of a film that, at 96 minutes, was about 76 minutes too long. Kept hoping Mike Myers would suddenly appear as Dieter and say "This film reaches down my pants and taunts me."

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04/25/2016

SzabÃ³ IstvÃ¡n szvsz legjobb filmje

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04/25/2016

one of the best film about living in eastern europe after world war II.

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04/25/2016

Really inventive early gem from director Istvan Szabo explores invention and memory as a boy reinvents his dead father's life to equate all that is good and heroic in post-WWII Hungary. The film builds in power as you realize he's also re-imagining Hungarian history itself. The film within a film depicting the forced march of Hungarian Jews to their slaughter, as enacted by bored 1960s Hungarians, is simply mesmerizing, along with the grown boy's easy switching of sides.

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Synopsis

When young Tako's father dies in Hungary in 1945, Tako is left with scant memories of him. Nurtured by his mother, the boy nonetheless fantasizes about the man his father was, imagining him to have been a hero. Grown into a man himself, Tako (Andras Balint) falls for a Jewish refugee, Anni (Kati Solyom). Burdened by her own heritage as a Jew, Anni sparks in Tako a desire to find out what his father was really like, and he delves into the role his father played in World War II.

Director: István Szabó
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Hungarian
Release Date (Streaming): May 5, 2017
Runtime: 1h 28m

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