Narrow Path to Happiness
Two Romani men set out for Budapest to film a musical about their lives. A joyful and melancholic documentary film in which creativity and the desire for self-expression become a method to confront political oppression, as well as a form of therapy.
Gergo and Lenard, young men deeply in love, flee from the Roma community to Budapest to pursue their dream: to film an autobiographical musical telling the inspiring story of their own love amidst challenging circumstances. With modest means, they persistently work on their project and start a new life together, while in the background, the Hungarian government increasingly encroaches on LGBTQ+ rights. The writing of the script and melodies of their relationship subtly become a struggle to grasp their own lives, especially when society or their own family fails to accept them.
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Original Title:
Keskeny út a boldogság felé
Direction:
Kata Oláh
Duration:
83 mins
Year:
2023
Country:
Hungary, USA
Producer:
Kata Oláh, Borbála Csukás, Marc Smolowitz
Production:
Makabor Studio, 13th Gen (US)
Distribution:
First Hand Films, Makabor Studio
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