Retreat and Wait for It

József Antall had to bring off the regime change amid turbulent and fast changing conjunctures, while he also needed to implement a new political culture, manage a fundamental economic transformation and stay faithful to his political credo. Even though economic and political groups at home formed a controversial opinion about what he achieved, internationally,he has been highly esteemed. During the process, we drew on valuable archives, which we kneaded together often falling back on different animation techniques. The film shows Antall’s work through the double lenses of the-contemporary and present-day public opinion—relying on interviews and documents that, while polemicizing,give you the small pieces of the big picture—and strikes a balance among diverse opinions about what herealized