The latest film from Hungarian provocateur György Pálfi (HUKKLE; TAXIDERMIA, AFI's 2007 EU Film Showcase) abandons the director's exquisite art direction and controlled atmospherics for a loose, improvised shot-on-the-run aesthetic, collaborating with a cast of amateur actors. A cross-section of Budapest strivers and slackers, each in their own way dissatisfied in life and sliding towards dissolution, weaves in and out of each other's lives, often with amorous intent but mercenary, duplicitous or addictive motivations. A short documentary, I WILL NOT BE YOUR FRIEND, serves as a prologue to the feature, and this cinema verité examination of the social relationships, alliances and feuds in a kindergarten classroom during playtime suggests that the seeds of misery between men and women are planted early on.

DIR/SCR György Pálfi; SCR Zsófia Ruttkay; PROD Péter Miskolczi, Gábor Váradi. Hungary, 2009, color, 100 min. In Hungarian with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Thursday, November 19, 9:00; Tuesday, November 24, 9:00

AFI Member passes will be accepted.

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