Glamour

The dreams and struggles of three generations of a Jewish family in Hungary are depicted in this award-winning drama, which has been frequently and favorably compared to fellow Hungarian filmmaker Istvan Szabo’s SUNSHINE. Against a backdrop of major events of the twentieth century, director Frigyes Godros weaves together humor and tragedy with realism and fantasy as the characters survive war, Nazi tyranny, communism, and economic hardship. Five years in the making, GLAMOUR is a remarkable historic epic that nonetheless thrives on the intimacy of personal relationships and family drama.