Sodrasban (1963)
Directed by István Gaál
Run Time - 90 min. |
Countries - Hungary |
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Synopsis by Kristie Hassen
Director Istvan Gaal's feature film debut was well received in the international community as well as his native country, Hungary. Sodrasban/Current is about a group of young people who vacation around a small town. They spend their time playing around, taking life lightly. One day while they are diving at a nearby swimming area, they discover that one of their friends is missing. After an extensive search for the boy, his drowned body is eventually found and identified. This tragic incident changes the children's perspectives of their lives as they now consider their own mortality, marking the end of their youthful innocence.
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death, drowning, loss-of-innocence, morals, vacation