Director: István Gaál
Country: Hungary
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The Falcons or Magasiskola is a 1970 Hungarian film directed by István Gaál. It is based on the novel by Miklós Mészöly. It won the Jury Prize at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival, tying with The Strawberry Statement. A young man with an interest in ornithology arrives to study the work of falcons and their human trainers. The head falconer is a cold and heartless man who obstinately demands perfection from everyone around him. His work is his life, and he doesn’t care if his girlfriend makes love to other men. The young man observes all he can before leaving behind the potentially inhuman situation for brighter horizons.
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