Rododendron

Story

Synopsis

Is is June 27, 1989. It is after the reburial of Imre Nagy, the fall of the Iron Curtain, and the opening of the Austrian-Hungarian border. János Kádár was removed from his position as General Secretary barely a month ago. However, the former state security apparatus has long sensed and recognized the approaching end; it begins to dismantle its own network of informants. The protagonist of our short film is a former informant (code name: Rhododendron), who is given a new identity by his case officer as a final gesture, offering him the hope of a new life. But a fatal bureaucratic error brings back memories of the past and forces the agent to make a decision that affects his integrity, his choice of freedom, his future, and changes his life once and for all.

Directors

Levente Törcsi, Levente Kovács

Writers

Levente Kovács, Levente Törcsi

Language

Hungarian

Release date

9 April 2020

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  György Cserhalmi

  Veszprémi

• 

  Tibor Gáspár

  Farago / Rhododendron

• 

  László Görög

  Bárdos

• Mykola Bondarchuk

  Vasilij

• 

  Rozi Székely

  Kocsmáros