Top Cast
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Eszter Ónodi
Gardó Berta
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Tibor Gáspár
Barkó Lajos
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Vica Kerekes
Ilu
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Danuta Szaflarska
Mom (old)
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Bálint Adorjáni
Guszti
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Juli Básti
Berta Gardó / Rozál Mille
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Bartsch Kata
Dugó
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Antal Cserna
Laci
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Virág Bárány
Mrs. Weisz
Overview
Over the course of four generations, a family in Hungary confronts poverty, political turmoil and a life that's perpetually on the move.
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The Nest
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Little Boy Blue
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An American Rhapsody
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What Maisie Knew
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
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The Boys of Paul Street
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Reading Lolita in Tehran
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
The River
Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.
Return
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.