General Information

Author/Creator

Gyarmathy, Lívia, director

Language

Hungarian.

Published

Hungary : Hungarofilm, 1979.

Physical Description

Digital film (72 mins.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_10000813

Contents/Summary

Summary

Mihály Balog, a gypsy man from Szabolcs, works in Budapest. He gets the news here: his young wife is dead. Mihály still behaves differently than the Gypsy settlements in Koportos: he wants a beautiful, rich funeral for the woman. His three-day bitter struggle is not crowned with success: the funeral is poor, both the gypsies and the Hungarians stay away, only his wife's lovers watch the farewell from afar. The carrier robs Mihály, so he can only pay the priest by basket weaving. The late autumn twigs, collected at the risk of his life, is picked up by the Gypsies in the settlement, while Ficsur, his rival, almost beats him to death ...

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Library Special Collection

Romology Film Collection

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
Digital film	OSA Film Library	HU_OSA_10000813.mp4	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format