2024 | Hungary, Portugal, Belgium, Indonesia | Documentary,Short

Perfected Grammar

  • Indonesian, Hungarian 11 mins
  • Director | Andrea Suwito
  • Writer | -
  • Producer | Andrea Suwito

STATUS: Released

This film is currently not available.   

In Budapest, an elderly mother teaches her Hungarian-speaking daughter the difference between active and passive tenses in the mother's Indonesian mother tongue. What starts as a simple film about a familial language lesson encompasses the mother’s painful past, her journey to Hungary, her unintended life there, the effects of history on the individual, and the power of language to both reveal and connect.

Budapest Daughter Active Passive Tense Indonesian Past Journey
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