Overview
- The feature opens in French theaters on March 11 with a 2h13 running time.
- Set in Budapest in 1957 after the crushed 1956 revolt, the story follows Andor, a boy who yearns for the father lost to wartime deportation.
- Bojtorján Barabas stars as Andor, with Grégory Gadebois playing a menacing figure who claims to be his father.
- Critics note rigorous, stylized filmmaking and an oppressive mise en scène that some find overwhelming.
- Reviews cite autobiographical roots in the director’s family history and read the film as a parable of totalitarian control.