Children of Glory
Screening Time: 19:00, 20 Feb,2017
Venue:D-hall of MUST
FREE ENTRANCE!
123minutes | Drama | 2006 | Hungary | Hungarian/Russian/English
Directed by: Krisztina Goda
Written by: Joe Eszterhas and Eva Gardos
Plot Summary:
The film is based on the Hungarian populist uprising against the former Soviet Union in the 1950s, also known as the October Revolution. It is also set during “Olympic Water Polo Violence” in 1950. It earns the top box office income in Hungarian history.
In 1956 when America and the Soviet Union were in the tensest standoff, Hungarian people were under violent suppress of the Soviet Union. They still had hope: there was a team that was regarded as the light of the country: the Hungarian water polo team. People in Hungary supported the team members just like they did for rock idols. The moment when the team was gearing up against Russia in the Olympic pool in Melbourne, students of the University of Budapest were preparing for protesting against the repressive governance and the secret police that might threat the country’s safety. In no time, people all around country were influenced by such movement. The police, armies and peasants joined hands struggling for freedom.
When Western countries ignored the Soviet Union’s continue suppression in Hungary, the Hungarian water polo team were fighting against the Soviet team for dignity and glory of the country in the Olympic Games.
About the Director
Krisztina Goda, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1970, is a very talented young director. After graduation from National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, UK, he left for University of California at Los Angeles to study script-writing. In 2005, his second work Just Sex and Nothing Else, a romantic comedy, became sample film in the Bangkok International Film Festival and the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
Goda can apply politics and sports elements in the film as well as love stories. Besides, Vajna invited Vic Armstrong who was good at directing action movies. Vic is an experienced British director that has ever directed James Bond series, Terminator series, Mission Impossible and many other famous films. The film shows street battle in the process of revolution in an extremely realistic and vivid way. Most of the scenes are framed in historical places like Budapest. Indeed, it is a rare blockbuster in Hungarian films, a typical feature of which is that all efforts are made for its core emotion.
Awards
2008 Stony Brook FilmFestival Audience Choice Award (Best Feature)
