WHERE WERE YOU, MY SON?

Excerpt from the film WHERE WERE YOU, MY SON?, a Facets Video release. Directed by Robert Alfoldi. For more info or to order this film, visit http://www.facetsdvd.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DV100745 or contact [email protected]. Facets Multi-Media is a non-profit media arts organization founded in Chicago in 1975, and dedicated to making cinema accessible to all through film preservation, distribution, presentation, and education. For more information, visit http://www.facets.org Set in a large apartment in Hungary during the death throes of communism, obedient Andor lives with his eccentric mother, Rebeka, a once-celebrated stage actress-turned-recluse. After years of coexisting in a love-hate relationship marked by routine and possible incest, Andor brings home Eszter, a beautiful girl his own age. Her advances awaken Andor's repressed desires, the depths of which prove shocking. Opera director Robert Alfoldi renders this bizarre story in a melodramatic style, and veteran Hungarian stage star Dorottya Udvaros rises to the occasion. If you can imagine the intersecting area on a Venn diagram that includes Taxidermia and Sunset Blvd., that's where Where Were You, My Son? was born. The original title, Nyugalom, which translates to "Tranquility," is ironic to say the least. "...over-the-top...memorable...thunderous...sex and violins" (Variety)