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Why Wasn't He There?

1993·Movie
1h 45min
82
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The film is a story of parallel biographies. In 1944, three generations of a Jewish family of pharmacists live in a small Hungarian town. Eva, the 13-year-old granddaughter, keeps a diary and reads Dickens' Copperfield's David. From time to time, the hero of the novel appears in her life, or Eva enters the world of the novel. First, Eve's cousin is taken away. Then Eva's mother and her boyfriend arrive from Pest. They seize Grandpa's shop, arrest her father, and the ordeal doesn't end there...
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82
GreatGoodWatch score

Yes. It's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 83/100 (IMDb 7.5). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.

How long is Why Wasn't He There??

1 h 45 min

Why Wasn't He There? runs 1 h 45 min.

What language is Why Wasn't He There? in?

Hungarian

It was made in Hungarian. Produced in Hungary.