Light Physical Injuries
In the extensive restoration program of Hungarian film heritage led by the National Film Institute of Hungary (NFI), the films of these two filmmakers stand out for their uniqueness. After a few formidable offerings inspired by cinéma vérité, the former turned to a type of cinema influenced by American westerns, to the point of becoming the leader of a subgenre: the Goulash Western. The latter made a handful of magnificent experimental films and a masterpiece: Sinbad.
During a brawl after drinking in a pub, Csaba pulls out a flick-knife. For this, he spends 28 months in prison. On release, he finds his wife Éva is living with Miklós in their flat. Csaba has nowhere to go so from now on the three are forced to share two rooms. György Szomjas is masterful in heightening the tensions between the characters while nothing out of the ordinary appears to be happening, Károly Eperjes is somewhat restrained compared to his usual self, but perhaps this is precisely why this is one of his most brilliant roles.
György Szomjas
György Szomjas was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 20 films from 1965 to 2021. His 1983 film Light Physical Injuries was entered into the Berlin International Film Festival. He is the father of the Hungarian Ostern, the Goulash Western. In the 1970s, he directed two osterns about Hungarian rascals, The Wind Blows Under Your Feet (1976), and Wrong-Doers (1979).
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