Cold Grove

MIHÁLY SCHWECHTJE

COLD GROVE

About:

On the stretch of the M3 motorway between Rákospalota and Zugló, a man often stood wearing a conductor’s cap and a railway worker’s coat. He sold hubcaps and abandoned car mirrors found along the roadside. He was frequently seen wandering the grassy areas beside the lanes, scavenging. In the early 2000s, street children began appearing at the Mexikói út terminal for the metro, buses, and trams. They begged and picked pockets. In the Újpalota forest and the Alagi Major on the border between Káposztásmegyer and Dunakeszi, homeless people started building small colonies of shacks made from wood and waste materials. They created small gardens, streams, and used bicycles. Around the same time, in the countryside, a drunk man who had fallen into a ditch with his bicycle was shredded by a city maintenance mower in the tall grass. These concurrent motifs of poverty came together to form the story of Cold Grove.

Cast:

Roland Haraszti
Dávid Györgyfalvi
László Káldy

imdb: Cold Grove