A love letter goes hilariously wrong in post-communist Hungary's weirdest neighborhood.
The story happens in 1989 in the suburbs of Budapest, where the neighbor maintains an underground worker's guard training base, while the youngsters fall victim to a mistakenly posted letter.
Writing
Wickedly precise satire of communist bureaucracy's last gasp.
Acting
Róbert Koltai's deadpan police officer steals every scene.
Director
Péter Tímár
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'worker’s guard' was a real communist paramilitary force disbanded in 1989—Tímár captures its absurd final days.
Mari Törőcsik, playing Lojzi mama, was Hungary's most acclaimed actress—the casting itself winks at national identity.
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