The Outsider

Szabadgyalog, feature film, drama, Hungary, 1981

DIRECTED BY: Béla Tarr

The Outsider

CAST:
András Szabó (András),
Jolan Fodor (Kata),
Imre Donko (Csotesz),
Istvan Bolla (Balázs),
Ferenc Jánossy (Festőmüvész)

SCRIPT:
Béla Tarr

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Barna Mihók,
Ferenc Pap

MUSIC:
András Szabó

EDITING:
Ágnes Hranitzky

Synopsis:
The hero of this film is a talented but unambitious violinist András who was once thrown out of a music school. He keeps changing jobs and drowns his sorrows in alcohol. Soon after his wife gives birth to an extramarital son he marries another woman and hopes for better luck. However, due to a lack of money his marriage collapses and his second wife cheats on him as well.

color, 122'

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