A reputable cardiologist is sent unexpectedly into retirement. He feels at a loss without his work. However, when returning to his home village to celebrate his mother’s 90th birthday, he learns that the village has been without a doctor for over a year and decides to take on the job of general practitioner. This is the start of his ordeal: after the life of a cardiac surgeon in the city he’s confronted with raw reality, which finally brings him to his knees. But music has the last word.
Born in Budapest in 1938, István Szabó earned his degree as a film director from the Hungarian Academy of Drama and Film. He won several film awards including a European Film Award, British Academy Award, David di Donatello Award, Visconti Award.
FILMOGRAPHY: 2020 FINAL REPORT 2012 THE DOOR 2006 RELATIVES 2001 TAKING SIDES 2004 BEING JULIA 1998 SUNSHINE 1996 STEADYING A BOAT 1995 OFFENBACH'S SECRET 1992 SWEET EMMA, DEAR BÖBE 1991 MEETING VENUS 1988 HANUSSEN 1985 COLONEL REDL 1983 BALI. tv 1982 CATSPLAY, tv 1981 MEPHISTO 1977 CITY MAP 1976 BUDAPEST TALES 1974 PREMIERE TV, tv 1973 25 FIREMEN'S STREET 1970 LOVE FILM 1966 FATHER 1964 THE AGE OF DAYDREAMING
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