The Hungarian Dressmaker (2024)

Genres: Drama, War

Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia

Director: Iveta Grófová

Plot: Ema & Death’s-Head deals with the precarious border between humanism and the protection of one’s own life in situations when one excludes the other. Marika Sándorfi is hiding a Jewish boy during the dramatic era of the First Slovak State on the Slovak-Hungarian border. Šimon Holan, the boy in hiding, has a special ability to survive thanks to dreaming and a child’s fantasy.

Cast: Alexandra Borbély, Milan Ondrík, Nico Klimek, Alexander E. Fennon, Florentín Groll, Dénes Ujlaki, Éva Bandor, Ján Mistrík, László Mátray, Lili Monori

Rating: 7 ⭐