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Cold Days

Cold Days

Hideg napok.  Hungary, 1966, black and white, 96 mins.   It's hard to fault the title: virtually every scene in András Kovács' powerful film is either set outdoors in snow that audibly crunches underfoot, or in a white-walled prison cell where central heating clearly isn't a top priority. The latter is occupied by four [...]