Young Szolt lives with his bed-ridden and alcoholic grandmother who dreams of her faded glory as an actress and constantly demands attention. Szolt bathes and dresses her every morning. A suddenly appearance is made in this cheerless existence by Juli, a pregnant gypsy girl. Szolt is shunned by his surroundings because he associates with her. Juli has a miscarriage and the two throw the dead baby in the Danube; others then call in the police.The film is very poetic and beautiful in a garish way. In little over an hour, Ildikó Szabo shapes a whole universe of hermetical relationships and powerful emotions. David Stratton in Variety: 'As chilly as the wintry Danube but as bleakly beautiful, Child Murders is a poetic, affecting, quietly horrific picture.'
- Director
- Ildikó Szabó
- Country of production
- Hungary
- Year
- 1993
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 1994
- Length
- 85'
- Medium
- 35mm
- International title
- Gyerekgyilkosságok
- Language
- Hungarian
- Sales
- Odeon Films Inc.
- Screenplay
- Ildikó Szabó
- Cinematography
- Tamás Sas
- Music
- Cinepool
- Cast
- Barnabás Tóth