Explanation For Everything

• Gábor Reisz
• 152 min
• Hungary, Slovakia
• 2023
• Fiction

A slacker students' failed graduation exam in Budapest unexpectedly leads to an escalating, politicized tabloid scandal in a sharp and witty social satire, honored at the Venice Film Festival.

Like few filmmakers before him, Gábor Reisz manages to penetrate our contemporary polarized political debate in a both humorous and incredibly sharp way. Young Abel should focus on his graduation studies, but he is more occupied with being hopelessly in love with his best friend, Janka. She, in turn, is in love with the married liberal history teacher, Jakab, who previously had disagreements with Abel's father, the conservative nationalist György. When it's time for Abel's history graduation exam, these underlying tensions surface in a highly unexpected way, sparking a fierce political storm that has everyone from right to left flying off the handle. Explanation For Everything is an indispensable portrayal of our time, well-deservedly awarded the best film prize in the Horizons section at the Venice Film Festival.

- Johan Blomqvist

• Satir
• Humor
• Drama
• Politik
• Samhälle
• Prisbelönt