Une histoire simple

"A Commonplace Story is a film more of solidarity and compassion than indignation and anger, of listening more than talking. It is generous and curious, gritty, earthy and tender. As a result, it is maybe not surprising that the film was vilified by certain rank opportunists among the country’s major reviewers, after a public screening in Istenmezején where the villagers finally saw themselves on screen. The subjects were shocked by what the city slickers made of them in the round-table discussion among urban, middle-class film intellectuals following the presentation.
In the spirit of cinéma vérité, Elek had always planned to do a third film that would be about herself and her role in the making of the films, but it never happened."
(Olaf Möller - IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam)