Waiters’ competition at Heroes’ Square in the late thirties. Dressed as waiters, Kapa and Pepe awake in the bronze chariot of the millennial sculpture group. They drive along the Danube promenade, and on the concrete reinforcement of the demolished Budapest rondella hotel they get involved in a showdown of political background. In the burnt-down Sports Hall the waiters train for a last supper, Pepe and Kapa run around the big laid table with trays in their hands. While doing so, Pepe keeps crying out: "I am the best one, I am the most beautiful one, I am the king, I am the god..." Sitting in a boat on the Danube, a ship goes past them, and the Niagara falls, majestic and breathtaking, resound in their ears. On each passing away something new will come to life – as rapped by Sub Bass Monster.
Direction
Jancsó's signature long takes, now with added waiter chaos.
Score
Sub Bass Monster rap bridging folk tradition and hip-hop absurdity.
Director
Miklós Jancsó
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'millennial sculpture group' is the iconic 1896 Millennium Monument at Heroes' Square, making Kapa and Pepe literal embodiments of Hungarian national myth stumbling through history.
This is part of Jancsó's late-career 'Kapa and Pepe' cycle with actors Mucsi and Scherer — essentially the director's own private cinematic language developed across multiple increasingly unhinged films.
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