Norbert Varga

A theater director tries to put on a play with real underprivileged Roma people about their lives but, feeling advantage of, the actors leave the troupe to gain a new consciousness.

Housewife Katalin Munk has her world torn apart when her lecturer husband János arrives home to tell her that he’s leaving her for a younger student of his. Katalin falls into a state of shock and wanders about the streets of Budapest in just her dressing gown carrying a pair of scissors. After a series of misadventures, Katalin eventually ends up in Turkey, where suddenly Katalin is awakened and decides to start a new life after meeting local man Halil. Meanwhile her son Zoli tries to hunt Katalin down.

Octobre 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Ausländer est membre du Sonderkommando, ce groupe de prisonniers juifs isolé du reste du camp et forcé d’assister les nazis dans leur plan d’extermination. Il travaille dans l’un des crématoriums quand il découvre le cadavre d’un garçon dans les traits duquel il reconnaît son fils. Alors que le Sonderkommando prépare une révolte, il décide d’accomplir l’impossible : sauver le corps de l’enfant des flammes et lui offrir une véritable sépulture.

What makes a boy a man? A film about childhood, family and growing up.