Space in Romanian and Hungarian Cinema

Anna Batori is a lecturer in the Faculty of Theatre and Television at Babe--Bolyai University, Romania.

1. Introduction.- 2. The socialist production of Eastern European space. - 3. The socialist cinema of Romania.- 4. The Romanian films of the transition period.- 5. The Romanian New Cinema.- 6. The cinema of Cristi Puiu.- 7. The cinema of Corneliu Porumboiu.- Horizontal enclosure in the post-socialist cinema of Hungary.- Space in contemporary Hungarian cinema.- 8. Horizontal enclosure in the post-socialist cinema of Hungary.- 9. Space in contemporary Hungarian cinema.- 10. Films of the cursed Hungarian landscape.- 11. Conclusion.