Stella @ Sixth & I Synagogue (+ Afterparty with a "Wet Hot American Summer Screening")Film Screening: Relatives @ National Gallery of Art
by Svetlana 
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| February 24, 2008 | ||
| 4:00 pm |
For his most recent film, István Szabó returned to a story from his homeland after a hiatus of over a decade. Following a predecessor’s scandalous demise, a naïve civil servant is given the title attorney general in a small community near Budapest. In no time, requests for special favors mount up, as nearly everyone in town claims to be a distant relative. Szabó turned to a novel by celebrated Hungarian writer Zsigmond Móricz who, according to the director, offers “a precise and profound presentation of interpersonal relations in Hungary…that flawlessly conveys the tribal attitudes still driving the country to this day.” (István Szabó, 2006, 35mm, Hungarian with subtitles, 110 minutes)
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http://www.nga.gov/programs/film/istvan_szabo.shtm
