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may be familiar, their execution offers a new lens through which we can re-ex¬
amine them. These films powerfully demonstrate the human desire for change
and transformation, especially when the present is burdened by tragic and
traumatic experiences, as well as the long and difficult process of starting over,
where one may eventually succeed or face insurmountable obstacles.
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János Kenyeres is the Director and Associate Professor of the School of English
and American Studies at Eötvös Loránd University. He graduated from Eötvös
Loránd University in English and Hungarian literature in 1991 and earned his
doctoral degree in literary studies from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in
2000. He was Visiting Professor of Hungarian at the University of Toronto in
2018-2019, 2015 and 2005-2008, where his work focused on Hungarian liter¬
ature, cinema and culture. He became a habilitated doctor in literary studies
in 2014 and is a member of the Doctoral School of Literary Studies at Eötvös
Lorand University. He has been co-editor of The AnaChronisT since 2002.