Kalman's Day

Section: Hungarian Day
Title: Kálmán-nap
Director: Szabolcs Hajdu
Cast: Orsolya Tóth, Nóra Földeáki, Domokos Szabó, Orsi Tóth, Szabolcs Hajdu
Duration: 1h 11m
Country: Hungary
Year: 2023

Levente and Zita, a couple in their forties, are visiting the home of their friends, Kálmán and Olga, to celebrate Kálmán’s name day. But they have an ulterior motive: they want to register their children at Kálmán’s home address so that they can go to a better school in the area. As they interact, one by one, hidden grievances, frustrations and desires come to the surface, and by the end of the day registering the children, something that Kálmán initially vigorously opposed, becomes the least of their worries.