Phim ghi lại 30 năm cuộc đời của László Tóth (Adrien Brody), một kiến trúc sư người Do Thái gốc Hungary sống sót sau thảm họa diệt chủng Holocaust. Sau khi Thế chiến thứ hai kết thúc, ông di cư sang Hoa Kỳ cùng với vợ mình, Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) để trải nghiệm “giấc mơ Mỹ”. László ban đầu phải chịu đựng nghèo đói và sự sỉ nhục, nhưng anh sớm đạt được hợp đồng với một khách hàng bí ẩn và giàu có, Harrison Lee Van Buren, điều đó sẽ thay đổi cuộc đời anh.
Gusztáv, also known as Gustavus, was Hungarian series of animated short cartoons for adults. It was extremely popular in Eastern Europe, where it has achieved cult status. It ran from 1964-1977. Each episode tells an adventure of the main character, Gustav, related to the gray realities of urban life. Characteristic feature of the show was that episodes were independent: for example, Gustav is sometimes a bachelor, sometimes has large family. In Eastern Europe and Yugoslavia the episodes were broadcast on TV in the 80s, usually as airtime filler. The series was also broadcast in Western Europe and even in New Zealand - because it was not using language, other than gibberish sound, it was able to easily transcend boundaries.
The series covers the events of the ethnic clashes in Târgu Mures after the fall of the communist regime. The author has arranged the written and film material collected by the Dr. Bernády György Foundation in chronological order. The archival photos showing the important events of the five days, the moments that created the revolutionary atmosphere, are complemented by the recollections of Hungarians and Romanians, and official statements.
