''Eldorado'' ( hu, Eldorádó, also known as ''The Midas Touch'') is a 1988 Hungarian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
written and directed by
Géza Bereményi
Géza Bereményi (born 25 January 1946) is a Hungarian writer, screenwriter and film director. He was awarded Best European Director for his film Eldorado at the 2nd European Film Awards
The 2nd Annual European Film Awards, presented by the E ...
.
The film was entered into the main competition at the
45th edition of the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
. For this film Bereményi won the European Film Award for Best Director at the
2nd European Film Awards
The 2nd Annual European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy, recognized excellence in European cinema. The ceremony took place on 25 November 1989 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France and was hosted by Franco-Swis ...
.
Plot
The story takes place in the
urban districts of
Pest focusing on the
marketplace
A marketplace or market place is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be described as a '' souk'' (from the Arabic), ' ...
on
Teleki square (which was still existing mostly unchanged when the movie was made) from after the end of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
in 1945 until the
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 10 November 1956; hu, 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was a countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the Hunga ...
. The
main character
A protagonist () is the main character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the plot, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles. If a st ...
is the head of the
black market
A black market, underground economy, or shadow economy is a clandestine market or series of transactions that has some aspect of illegality or is characterized by noncompliance with an institutional set of rules. If the rule defines the se ...
in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
. He thinks he can
buy everyone and everything but at the end he must face that he can't buy life. The movie contains some
archive footage
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of the events in the revolution.
Cast
*
Károly Eperjes
Károly Eperjes (born 17 February 1954 in Hegykő) is a Kossuth Prize winner Hungarian stage and film actor, member of the National Theatre in Budapest. Eperjes appeared in more than fifty films since 1982.
Selected filmography
Awards
* JÃ ...
as Sándor Monori
*
Judit Pogány
Judit Pogány (born 10 September 1944) is a Hungarian actress. She has appeared in more than seventy films since 1974.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1944 births
Living people
Hungarian film actresses
People from ...
as Mrs. Monori
*
Enikő Eszenyi
Enikő Eszenyi (born 11 January 1961) is a Hungarian actress and theater director, recipient of Kossuth Prize (2001). She appeared in 1991's '' Paths of Death and Angels''.
Selected filmography
* '' Night Rehearsal'' (1983)
* '' Eldorado'' (19 ...
as Marika Monori
* Barnabás Tóth as Imi Valkó
References
External links
*
1988 drama films
1988 films
Hungarian drama films
1980s Hungarian-language films
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