Volley for a Black Buffalo (1985)

6.2/10 • 107 min • Drama

Overview

During the years following World War II, a new boy arrives to class 7/c, and the audience learns to know the lives of the drunkard teacher, his husband-cheating wife, the lonely music teacher hiding behind her paper flowers, the wise count deprived of all his properties, the jovial parish priest and especially the buffalo owner of tragic fate who lost his four daughters, alongside with the young protagonist.

Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Mr. Fodó, teacher

Jean Rochefort

Lajos Ácsi, the count

Fanny Cottençon

Fodóné

Székely B. Miklós

Peter the Black, the buffalo

Ferenc Kállai

Reverend Mr Berecz

István Bujtor

Dukay

Berta Domínguez D.

Teacher from Novák

Lili Monori

Wife of Peter Black

Ferenc Bencze

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