Merry-Go-Round
In a village subject to serious social change, the young Mari Pataki, daughter of a humble yet promising farmer, is forbidden by her father from seeing her lover. All he cares about is farming and making a fortune. He decides to marry her off to another man, a colleague of his. “Land marries land”, he keeps saying, believing the old Hungarian farmers’ law to be immutable. However, the young lover is able to overcome every obstacle to win Mari’s love.
With amazing poetic force, ‘Merry-Go-Round’ expresses the triumph of love over social expectations that rigidly hold on to old traditions. This film, a great success in Cannes in 1956, laid the foundations of Zoltán Fábri’s stellar career.
Awards and selections:
1956 – Cannes Film Festival – In Competition
2017 – Cannes Classics – Official Selection
2017 – Lumiere Film Festival – Selection
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Zoltán Fábri (1917–1994)
Valik: Hannibál tanár úr (1956), Nappali sötétség (1963), Húsz óra (Twenty Hours, 1965), Utószezon (Late Season, 1967), Isten hozta örnagy úr (The Toth Family, 1969), Az ötödik pecsét (The Fifth Seal, 1976), Requiem (1982)
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