Family Nest
- 29 January 1979 (1979-01-29)
Family Nest (Hungarian: Családi tüzfészek) is a 1979 Hungarian black-and-white drama film, directed by Béla Tarr. The film won Grand Prize at the 1979 Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival, tying with the film El Super.[citation needed]
Premise
The film follows a young couple as they live in apartment of the husband's parents, as well as the wife's efforts to find new housing.
Cast
- Laszlone Horvath as Irén
- László Horváth as Laci
- Gábor Kun as Laci's Father
- Gaborne Kún as Laci Mother
Reception
Family Nest received moderately positive reviews from film critics. Rotten Tomatoes reports an 80% approval rating, with an average rating of 6.9/10.[1] Jonathan Rosenbaum of Chicago Reader wrote, "This is strong stuff, but the highly formal director of Almanac of Fall, Damnation, and Satantango is still far from apparent."[2] Keith Uhlich of Slant Magazine rated the film 2/4 stars and called the characters "unconvincing mouthpieces for a highly unsubtle political critique."[3]
References
External links
Family Nest at IMDb
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- Family Nest (1979)
- The Outsider (1981)
- The Prefab People (1982)
- Macbeth (1982)
- Almanac of Fall (1984)
- Damnation (1988)
- Sátántangó (1994)
- Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
- The Man from London (2007)
- The Turin Horse (2011)
- Passion (1998)
- Béla Tarr, the Time After (2011 biography)
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