Migracje i kultura w filmie węgierskim po upadku komunizmu

Abstract

In this text the author presents the problem of the impact of migration movements on Hungarian culture, society, its behavior towards strangers, visitors and representatives of other nationalities. Hungary after the collapse of the communist system experienced several times the wave of refugees who, in search of a better or safer life, reached the Danube. First, they were newcomers from the former Soviet Union and disintegrating Yugoslavia, later economic immigrants from Asia, and recently escapees from war zones in Syria or Libya. Each time a clash of cultures, a meeting of representatives of different nationalities led to the confrontation of stereotypes with reality. Hungarian filmmakers have often been fascinated by these phenomena, in their films they showed the impact of these events on the perception of reality, understanding by the Hungarians the surrounding world, they presented reactions of their countrymen: from hostility, indifference, compassion and to willingness to help. The work will show these various attitudes.