From the director of The Round-Up, My Way Home and Red Psalm.

Paralleling the dramatic student protests and riots that were exploding across the world in the 1960s at the time the film was made; The Confrontation is a story of protest and rebellion in 1947 Hungary when the Communist Party have just taken power.

Jancsó's first colour film is another virtuoso display by a director at the peak of his powers, and eloquently explores the complex issues and inherent problems of revolutionary democracy.