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30 July 2023: Lovefilm

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Lovefilm
István Szabó, 1970, 134 min

Introduced by Ehsan Khoshbakht

A boy travels to France to meet the great love of his youth, Kata, who left Hungary after the 1956 Revolution. A highly poetic early masterpiece by István Szabó, describing the undefined and unspoken nature of love and politics. 


Screening as part of our retrospective on István Szabó and Never on Sunday, a series of screenings of rare classics, archive masterpieces, obscure delights and forgotten gems carefully curated and introduced by Ehsan Khoshbakht and taking place the last Sunday of each month at Close-Up.