Life as it Comes - Scenes from a Hungarian Town in an Election Year
The film tells the story of a year in the life of a small town in Eastern Hungary, Tiszavasvár, in the period leading up to the 2024 local elections.Through the personal stories of five characters, it connects the changes that have taken place since the privatisation of the Alkaloida chemical factory, once the pride of the town, in the 1990s, with the current state of affairs in Hungary.
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The film tells the story of a year in the life of a small town in Eastern Hungary, Tiszavasvár, in the period leading up to the 2024 local elections. Through the personal stories of five characters, it connects the changes that have taken place since the privatisation of the Alkaloida chemical factory, once the pride of the town, in the 1990s, with the current state of affairs in Hungary.
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- Release date
- Dec 1, 2024
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- Language
- Hungarian
- Country
- Hungary
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