2013 · drama · war · coming-of-age
The Notebook
Directed by János Szász1h 52m2013
In a village on the Hungarian border, two young brothers grow up during war time with their cruel grandmother and must learn every trick of evil to survive in the absurd world of adults.
Our read: The Notebook (2013) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · war · coming-of-age entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / war, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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“You want an unflinching Hungarian WWII story of two brothers surviving cruelty and war's perversion.”
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