István Gaál

From the blu-ray cover:
Adopting the Viennese version of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera, István Gaál, one of the most important filmmakers of Hungarian modernist cinema, returned to his safe haven in his final feature film—classical music and ancient Greek mythology European culture is rooted in. Framing the ancient story sung and depicted with images of nature and landscapes arranged in abstract geometric shapes highlights the universal human experience to be gained from the mythological theme—the desire to overcome mortality through love and art.Read More »

Due to the lack of jobs and any cultural life, the small village in Baranya gets deserted.
There is only one family to stay on: the Kántors. The old lady, Erzsi has always lived here and she wants
to die here. Anti is employed in the log industry and is paid well but a long way away from home.
When Andriska is admitted to a boarding-school in the town and leaves the house, Juli starts feeling very
lonely and depressed. She tries to escape to her religious belief, but her anguish overwhelms her.
She becomes very confused and her life ends tragically in a cleft…Read More »

Introduction
The first signs of autumn are seen in a landscape along a river. Some villagers are stacking a bed of stone blocks on the river-bank to avoid more eroding. Others are occupied by plowing, fishing or repairing. A small steamboat passes by. In the engine room a stoker is shoveling coal into the oven. Further down the river a small town is passed by the water. A rowing-team is training for coming races. Some biologists are looking at microbes from the water through a microscope. A group of workers are painting a new barge and push it into the river. When a small boy sees a racing boat, he leaves his sand-castle and runs along the river.Read More »