Panik (2008)

Genres - Romance  |   Sub-Genres - Psychological Drama, Slice of Life  |   Run Time - 94 min.  |   Countries - Hungary  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan

Urban professional Zsuzsi had everything she ever wanted by age thirty, but after awakening one morning to find herself in the throes of a heart attack her priorities suddenly begin to shift in this existential comedy drama from director Attila Till. Subsequently abandoned by her longtime lover Kirill (Krisztián Kolovratnik), Zsuzsi (Ági Gubik) admits herself to the "Panic Clinic" - an unconventional treatment center presided over by an eccentric therapist who uses some pretty radical methods to get her patients back on track. Meanwhile, as Zsuzsi dedicates all of her energy into leaving the clinic and rejoining society, her mother Elli (Ildikó Bánsági) sets out shopping with her best friend Ilona (Márta Egri), Ilona's daughter (Eszter Ónodi) struggles with the stress of being a new mother, Elli's disturbed son becomes convinced that his mother has been taken over by an alien, and two cops come to blows over their homosexual identities.

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