This European Film Award-winning film is primarily about the crises of values associated with the series of regime changes and the strength of the ‘little person’ to weather the storms of history.

The autobiographically-inspired story outlines the writer-director’s generation, and within it his childhood self of autumn 1956 from the grandchild’s perspective. The grandfather, king of the Teleki Square market, weighs everything in terms of money. Looking on cash as the only value, he not only buys products and keeps people in his pocket but he even bargains with Death when, thanks to his gold ingots, he manages to rescue his ailing grandchild from the jaws of death. However, during the Revolution of 1956 nothing operates according to the laws of the market, and this time his grandchild is unable to save him.

Awards and selections:
1989 – Hungarian Film Week – Main Prize, Prize for Best Actor
Károly Eperjes, Prize for Best Screenplay
1989 – European Film Award (Félix) for Best Director – Géza Bereményi