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The Round-Up
Why this pick
Like The Fifth Seal, it turns a historical crisis into a severe moral pressure chamber, using stark compositions and ritualized power games to ask what survival does to conscience.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1976 1h 51m HUN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ildikó Pécsi
Irén
György Cserhalmi
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