
Explanation for Everything
- Gábor Reisz
- 2023
- 2h 31m
- Hungary, Slovakia
How can a trivial event lead to national division? Gábor Reisz grapples with his country's extreme political polarization, placing an unsuspecting high school student at the center of an unexpected national scandal and aptly commenting on the extremities and populisms of modern societies.
Synopsis
It's summer in Budapest, Abel is trying to concentrate on his final high school exams, while realizing that he is in love with his best friend Janka. The studious Janka is living her own unrequited love affair with their married history professor. The tensions of a polarized society unexpectedly surface when Abel's final exams in history turn into a national scandal.

Orizzonti Best Film Award
Venice Film Festival
2023