Holt vidék (Holt vidék) (1972)

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Due to the lack of jobs and any cultural life, the small village in Baranya gets deserted. There is only one family to stay on: the Kántors. The old lady, Erzsi has always lived here and she wants to die here. Anti is employed in the log industry and is paid well but a long way away from home. When Andriska is admitted to a boarding-school in the town and leaves the house, Juli starts feeling very lonely and depressed. She tries to escape to her religious belief, but her anguish overwhelms her. She becomes very confused and her life ends tragically in a cleft... (MANDA)