Dear Unicum Readers,
As part of the 32nd Edition of the AFI European Union Film Showcase, we are pleased to announce the screening of "Those Who Remained" (Akik maradtak) by Barnabás Tóth, Hungary's Oscar Submission for Best International Film in 2019.
Please join us on Saturday, December 14, 6:30pm at AFI Silver Theatre (tickets: https://silver.afi.com/Ticketing/visSelectTickets.aspx?cinemacode=1001&txtSessionId=23552&visLang=1&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1) or on Sunday, December 15, 2:30 PM at Cafritz Hall, Edlavitch DCJCC (tickets: https://www.jxjdc.org/events/those-who-remained).
Summary:
Budapest, 1948. The upheaval of WWII has given way to the refashioning of society by the new Communist regime. Having survived the war's extermination camps, Dr. Aladár "Aldó" Kőrner (Károly Hajduk) has revived his medical practice, even if he hasn't fully returned to the life he once led, haunted by the loss of his wife and sons. In steps a tornado named Klára (Abigél Szőke), 16 years old and full of life, herself a survivor of the camps, but one who has not yet fully processed her trauma, often penning long letters to her deceased mother and father. An unconventional but vitally supportive friendship develops between the two in Barnabás Tóth's remarkable and immensely moving historical drama.
Official Selection, 2019 Telluride Film Festival. DIR/SCR Barnabás Tóth; SCR Klára Muhi, from the novel by Zsuzsa F. Várkonyi; PROD Ernõ Mesterházy, Mónika Mécs. Director: Barnabás Tóth Hungary, 2019, 83 min Film in Hungarian with English subtitles.
Locations:
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
8633 Colesville Road
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Cafritz Hall, Edlavitch DCJCC
Edlavitch Jewish Community Center of Washington, DC
1529 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Best regards,
Mr. Béla GEDEON
Press and Public Affairs Attaché
Embassy of Hungary
3910 Shoemaker Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008
Mobile: (202) 460-4711
Website: www.washington.mfa.gov.hu
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