Ildikó Pécsi

In Budapest in 1944, a watchmaker, a book seller and a carpenter are drinking in a bar with the owner, when they are joined by a stranger. The watchmaker asks a hypothetical question that will change their lives.

Michael Tímar, captain of the St. Barbara, marries the daughter of a Turkish aristocrat on the run. While skilfully managing his wife fortune, Tímar is torn between the demands of bourgeois civilization and the ideal of freedom.

Géza Baradla spent 25 years in prison for war crimes. After his release, he returns to the scene of the crime with his former accomplice, Simon Obrád, in the village where the murders happened. Old, buried, painful wounds are torn...