The Midas Touch
feature film, 1988
DIRECTED BY: Géza Bereményi
CAST:
Károly Eperjes (Sándor Monori),
Judit Pogány (Rózsi Monoriné),
Enikö Eszenyi (Marika),
Péter Andorai (Berci)
SCRIPT:
Géza Bereményi
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Sándor Kardos
Synopsis:
This films’ main character is an important merchant on Budapest’s black market who uses the bad social situation in the country for his own profit. There are demonstrations in the city, people are hungry and broke, but the merchant finds ways to earn some money. When blood starts flowing in the streets, it becomes evident that there are things that money cannot buy…
b/w and color, 110 min