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Péter Dobai has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2000s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Satantango.
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Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.
Dir. Béla Tarr · With Mihály Víg, Putyi Horváth, Székely B. Miklós

A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.
Dir. Béla Tarr · With Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla
A German stage actor finds unexpected success and mixed blessings in the popularity of his performance in a Faustian play as the Nazis take power in pre-WWII Germany. As his associates and friends flee or are ground under by the Nazi terror, the popularity of his character supercedes his own existence until he finds that his best performance is keeping up appearances for his Nazi patrons.
Dir. István Szabó · With Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági
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