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Balázs LengyelPhotographie:
György RéderMusique:
Ádám BalázsActeurs·trices:
Tamás Keresztes, József Gyabronka, Tibor Pálffy, Zétény Varga, Athina Papadimitriu, Sergej Onopko, Nóra Trokán, Gábor Máté, Andor Lukáts (plus)Résumés(1)
A black comedy that allows us to learn that the first living being in space was not actually a dog called Lajka, but a Hungarian crop-sprayer by the name of Lajko. It is 1957 and the Soviet Union decides to give Hungary the honour of providing the first human to orbit in space. The most suitable candidate turns out to be none other than the quiet and placid Lajko, the first Gypsy pilot in Hungary, maybe the whole world. He has felt a lifelong attraction to the stars and the unexplored infinity of outer space. He cannot believe his good fortune. When he is eventually selected for this daring mission, he doesn't know that they chose him for this mission for a reason… (Warsaw Film Festival)
(plus)Critiques (2)
The Hungarians filmed a nice and distinctive memento of a time when their country wasn’t ruled by them but by the Soviet Union. They shot it fairly well, but somehow, I couldn’t shake off the impression that despite this comedy being so crazy, I actually wasn’t laughing for longer periods at a time, even though the Soviet space program got a brutal beating and Brezhnev bought it as well. Serves them right.
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I usually have a very good experience with Hungarian filmmaking, and the Hungarian space program was no exception. The film’s ratings aren’t very high, but as for me, I can't complain. I'm often accused of having too much of a dark sense of humor, so when the result of one of Lajko's early childhood experiments gave me pause, I had to appreciate it. The idea was great, the execution was slightly lacking in places, but I was satisfied in the end because I had a great time. 4*+
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