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Though justly celebrated in the 1960s and early 1970s, Hungary’s Miklós Jancsó (who made over 80 films in a 60+ year career) is now a largely forgotten modernist master. Heralded for his serpentine camera movements, virtuoso blocking of actors, and breathtaking long takes in his powerful and poetic historical dramas, Jancsó was a major influence on his countryman Béla Tarr (who called him “the greatest Hungarian film director of all time”) and on Greece’s Theo Angelopoulos. Tonight we remember Jancsó (who died last year at age 92) with a rare screening of his first masterpiece, which showcases his signature theme and style. My Way Home follows a young Hungarian soldier at the end of WWII who is detained and imprisoned by the Russians as he heads home. Eventually he befriends one of his captors.