Directed by:
László SzabóCinematography:
János KendeComposer:
Emil PetrovicsCast:
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Cottençon, Miklós Székely B., Ferenc Kállai, István Bujtor, Berta Domínguez D., Lili Monori, Ferenc Bencze, Imre Bajor, Albert Almási, András Ambrus (more)Plots(1)
During the years following World War II, a new boy arrives to class 7/c, and the audience learns to know the lives of the drunkard teacher, his husband-cheating wife, the lonely music teacher hiding behind her paper flowers, the wise count deprived of all his properties, the jovial parish priest and especially the buffalo owner of tragic fate who lost his four daughters, alongside with the young protagonist. The children cure the buffalo-owner's cough with the count's legendary brandy, say a magic rhyme over the old buffalo felled with a axe and the cat blown up with a petard, and all along they are watching, playing, learning, growing and growing into society around them. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jean-Louis Trintignant
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Easy Life (1962)
Jean Rochefort
France
Best movies:
My Mother's Castle (1990)
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
Fanny Cottençon
Gabon
Best movies:
Conversation with My Gardener (2007)
Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator (1988)
Spécial police (1985)
Miklós Székely B.
Hungary
Best movies:
Sátántangó (1994)
Twilight (1990)
Damnation (1988)
Ferenc Kállai
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
The Witness (1969)
6:3 (1999)
István Bujtor
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Cold Days (1966)
Allegro Barbaro (1979)
The Danube Pilot (1974)
Lili Monori
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Witness (1969)
Delta (2008)
Aurora Borealis: Northern Lights (2017)
Ferenc Bencze
Romania
Best movies:
The Fifth Seal (1976)
The Fortress (1979)
The Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Imre Bajor
Hungary
Best movies:
Fairy Tale Auto (2000)
Albert Almási
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Twisting (1964)
András Ambrus
Romania
Best movies:
The Last Nabob (1966)
Cold Days (1966)
Love (1971)
Zoltán Bezerédi
Hungary
Best movies:
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002) (TV movie)
Diary for My Loves (1987)
Passion (1998)
Enikő Détár
Hungary
János Harkányi
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
My Way Home (1965)
Twisting (1964)
József Horváth
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
The Witness (1969)
Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)
The Round-Up (1966)