Those Who Remained
Akik maradtak | Barnabás Tóth | Hungary, 2019 | Hungarian (English subtitles) | Drama | 83m | 2K DCP | IMDB | Distributor/Sales: Hungarian Film Institute | Festival marketing sample: Telluride (2019) | Trailer | Streaming: UKJF
Description: Aladar Korner, a melancholic holocaust survivor who lost his family during the war is a gynecologist in 1948 Hungary. One day 15 year old Klara, a disturbed orphan taken care of by her aunt, is brought in to see him. The film follows their relationship against the backdrop of the political repression and sense of paranoia of the time.
Merits: Sensitive treatment of how two traumatised individuals support each other. While a sense of foreboding prevails through much of the movie, its avoidance of the customary tragic ending is uplifting.
Rating: Sexual references, upper body nudity.