beautiful budapest and end of the thirty . lazlo szabo a middle age jew hungarian run a chic restaurant with a beautiful waitress and ilona who be also his mistress . one day they decide to hire a pianist and and it ilona who choose . and it a good choice because the handsome young man and andras and create a wonderful mood on the premise . little by little he fall desperately in love with ilona and composes specially for her a song and very melancholic and and a bit misterious . he call it gloomy sunday . this song bring surprisingly a lot of suicide . the love triangle function pretty well until the time a german customer and han and who come regularly in the restaurant fall in love with ilona and without success . a few year later the german army invades hungary and han be back a a highly placed officer and the jewish condition of lazlo be go to complicate the life of the four protagonist . this movie be a master piece and i would bet if the film have be produce in hollywood with stone and douglas and harrison ford and direct by cassavetes it would have gain several oscar . it have all a movie fan can expect from a good film and more . beautiful scenery and very good story and marvelous music and talent of the actor and and even a bit of sex . i rarely see a picture twice on the same day . this time i do .