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Dear Betrayed Friends(2012)
Status: Released
Date: 2012-09-13
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1 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
Overview:
Andor Czettl, in his early sixties, visits the secret service archives one day to read into the reports about himself and discovers a shocking fact. His very best friend János Pásztor was an informer, spying on him and writing reports about him for decades. Sára Cserhalmi's first feature focuses not so much on the actual problem of informing and betrayal as on the contradictory relationship of the two protagonists. It avoids any final judgments. First and foremost, it seeks answers to questions like how an informer can live in our present times and how the one being reported on can cope with this state. Can a close friendship that began decades ago last if such betrayal comes to light? How can someone live and cope with this fact?
Languages: Hungarian.
Countries:
Hungary
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Movie: Dear Betrayed Friends
Top 8 Billed Cast
Derzsi János
János
Cserhalmi György
Andor
Áron Molnár
János fia
Györgyi Anna
Anna
Schneider Zoltán
Doktor
Mácsai Pál
Szerkesztő
Csuja Imre
Tartótiszt
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Overview
Andor Czettl, in his early sixties, visits the secret service archives one day to read into the reports about himself and discovers a shocking fact. His very best friend János Pásztor was an informer, spying on him and writing reports about him for decades. Sára Cserhalmi's first feature focuses not so much on the actual problem of informing and betrayal as on the contradictory relationship of the two protagonists. It avoids any final judgments. First and foremost, it seeks answers to questions like how an informer can live in our present times and how the one being reported on can cope with this state. Can a close friendship that began decades ago last if such betrayal comes to light? How can someone live and cope with this fact?
Release Date
2012-09-13
Average
6
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Magyar
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