That Lovely Green Grass
1979 · 81 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 545 VOTES · DIR. György Palásthy
Overview
Misu is spending his summer holiday in an old block of flats in Budapest. The caretaker of the house, Poldi, a park attendant by occupation, is going to retire in a few days and he is afraid to think ahead of the years to come without grass and trees. An idea comes to Misu to spend the summer in an active way. He organises a working party to sod the inner court of the block of flats they live in. To achieve his plan, he has to make alliances with some people and to win the opponent to the idea, namely Kamilla, an insurance consultant. Their assistants in this mission will be the dustman and the coal deliverer and Piroska, a girl spending her holyday at Kamilla's.
Dialogue Timeline — 931 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:06 Mafilm Dialog Studio and Hungarian Television presents
00:07:25 - Did you turn it off? - Sure; did you unplug it?
00:10:31 Congratulations.
00:13:10 - See you all! - Bye!
00:15:57 - Take me where? - My mom said that coalmen drag me away.
00:18:28 According to uncle Dezso, we can purchase turf blocks in the nursery
00:21:01 In the morning.
00:24:37 something to complain about.
00:27:32 Let's go home then.
00:29:54 - He wishes to get acquainted with me. - Right now before pension?
00:33:54 We'll fall behind in the end.
00:38:02 Fear not, be brave. Calmly, dear girls.
00:41:22 But I don't deal with agricultural issues.
00:44:00 Dear girl, will you pay me a visit again? The mood is so festive here.
00:47:33 Well then, best of luck with the park director, my Poldika.
00:50:58 Alright, little boy, you'll have it in 30 days, we'll mail it to you.
00:54:19 - Kindly tell me, do you have grass? - What?
00:57:03 Horrible; what a fine complaint. If I didn't have this urgent case
01:00:13 - Greetings. - Are you at home already?
01:03:18 The complaint is valid, this pool cannot be used for bathing as the
01:06:33 Watch out, Misuka, and knock on Oszkar's door because we'll be very
01:09:42 Apologies for being late, but we couldn't drive in this street!
01:12:48 You'll succeed with the tenth too, just practice.
01:16:17 It must be the baton.