Sunset
Atmospheric mystery tale by László Nemes (Son Of Saul) about a young woman stubbornly trying to unravel her lost past. Set in Budapest in 1913, when the city was considered to be at the heart of Europe.
Please note that this film is in Hungarian and German, with Dutch subtitles.
Irisz Leiter, 20, arrives in the Hungarian capital after spending her younger years in an orphanage. Hoping to work as a milliner in the legendary hat store which belonged to her late parents, she is first driven away by Oszkar, the new owner. When a man abruptly comes to her looking for Kalman Leiter, she is suddenly confronted with her past. As she searches for answers about her family and stumbles upon dark secrets, she is drawn into the turmoil of a civilization on the eve of its downfall.
László Nemes, Hungary, France, 2018, 142 min. Hungarian & German spoken, Dutch subtitles.
With Juli Jakab, Vlad Ivanov, Evelin Dobos, Marcin Czarnik, Judit Bárdos.