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The Penitent Man (2010)
A good movie filmed with the Hungarian eye.
To be or not to be that is the question.
We all bring our culture to the table in any creative enterprise -- Almodóvar is distinctly Spanish in his view. Gyeney is distinctly Hungarian / Magyar in his perspective to film making.
The screenplay was elegant in its simplicity. The thing that I liked about this film was the plot developed naturally -- it was not shoved down your throat for consumption.
The actors worked well in what I would call an ensemble piece. A group of complementary parts that contribute to a single effect, the suspension of disbelief for a brief moment in time.
Time -- that in of itself is the central question of the film -- Does one's choices matter, in the grand scheme of things? If you could choose again would you? The film gives "12 Monkeys" a run for its money.
Hollywood has a great tradition of Hungarian talent -- Michael Curtis (director of Casablanca) to Lajos Koltai (DoP Being Julia (2004). Mr. Gyeny has a bright future.