Gloomy Sunday
Drama, Romance
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1999
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Budapest in the 1930s. Restaurant owner Laszlo hires pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires András to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then feared, for its melancholic melody sets off a chain of suicides. The fragile balance of the erotic ménage à trois is sent off kilter when the German Hans falls in love with Ilona as well.
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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
112 min
Release date:
21 Oct 1999
Country:
DE, HU
Languages:
English, German, Hungarian
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$585,604
Awards:
7 wins & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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It's intelligent, well-acted and beautifully photographed.
– Richard Nilsen,
Arizona Republic,
12 May 2005
fresh:
Its old-fashioned romanticism is heady, and the relationships among the characters are intriguing.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
20 Feb 2004
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It has enough opulent, oversized romanticism to make it a guilty pleasure, not to mention three attractive and appealing characters and, of course, that song.
– Terry Lawson,
Detroit Free Press,
19 Dec 2003
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It's a stirring and provocative affirmation of the power and resilience of love.
– Philip Wuntch,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Dec 2003
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Gloomy Sunday has a mood and a magic about it that elicit emotion from the beginning and make an audience follow it down its curving and melancholy path.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
5 Dec 2003