'68 (film)
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| Directed by | Steven Kovacs |
| Produced by | Dale Djerassi Isabel Maxwell |
| Music by | Shony Alex Braun John Cipollina |
| Cinematography | Daniel Lacambre |
| Editing by | Cari Coughlin |
| Release date(s) | 1988 |
| Running time | 99 mins |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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'68 is a film, directed by Steven Kovacs and released in 1988, showing a full year in the lives of a Hungarian family living in San Francisco in 1968.
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[edit] Plot
The father escaped the Soviet invasion of Budapest and now runs a Hungarian restaurant that is not doing well financially. The younger of his two sons is gay and struggling with coming out. His dad disowns him when he finally does. The older son is involved in the hippie scene, gets kicked out of college, buys a motorcycle, starts dating a Maoist, and is also disowned by his father. The older of the sons runs afoul of some outlaw bikers; the younger of the two sons gets drafted but is rejected because of homosexuality. The older one joins his younger brother in a gay rights protest.
[edit] Cast
- Shony Alex Braun
- Elizabeth De Charay
- Nike Doukas ... Beatrice
- Anna Dukasz
- Miran Kwun
- Rusdi Lane
- Eric Larson ... Peter
- Robert Locke ... Sandy
- Frank X. Mur ... Army Major
- Jan Nemec
- Joel Parker ... The Screaming Protester
- Donna Pecora
- Paul Pedrol ... American in restaurant
- Sándor Técsy ... Zoltan Szabo
- Terra Vandergaw
- Neil Young ... Westy (motorcycle shop owner)
[edit] Critical reaction
Steven Kovacs was nominated for the Critics' Award in the 1988 Deauville Film Festival.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- '68 at the Internet Movie Database
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