How can a trivial event lead to national division?

Director Gabor Rice grapples with the extreme political polarization of his country, placing an unsuspecting high school student at the center of an unexpected national scandal, and aptly comments on the extremes and populisms of modern societies.

2023, Drama, 151'

Language: Hungarian with Greek subtitles.

The film received the Best Film Award in the Orizzonti section of the Venice International Film Festival.

Synopsis: It's summer in Budapest, Abel is trying to concentrate on his final high school exams, while realizing that he is in love with his best friend Janka. The studious Yanka is living her own unrequited love affair with their married history professor. The tensions of a polarized society unexpectedly surface when Abel's final exams in history turn into a national scandal.

Screening time: 20:30

The screening is followed by a 10-minute discussion of the film.

Free Entrance.

Venue: Municipal Theatre of Larnaka (George Lykourgos Theatre, located at the Municipal Garden of Larnaka)

Entrance is allowed for people of at least 18 years of age.

Cinema Society contact number: 99434793

The event is organized with the financial support of the Deputy Ministry of Culture.