Narrow Path to Happiness
Season 8 Episode 7 | 55m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
A gay Romani couple from rural Hungary chase an impossible dream: making a musical of their lives.
Gergo and Lenard are a young gay male couple living in a remote Roma community, where being gay is considered an unforgivable sin. They move to Budapest with a dream to make a musical film about their lives and become famous. But when a death in the family who disowned them takes them back home, they seek another chance for acceptance.
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Narrow Path to Happiness
Season 8 Episode 7 | 55m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Gergo and Lenard are a young gay male couple living in a remote Roma community, where being gay is considered an unforgivable sin. They move to Budapest with a dream to make a musical film about their lives and become famous. But when a death in the family who disowned them takes them back home, they seek another chance for acceptance.
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(birds twittering) (dog barking) GERGO: LENARD: LENARD and GERGO: LENARD: GERGO and LENARD: LENARD: GERGO: LENARD (loudly): GERGO: LENARD: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (children shouting, dog barking) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ GIRL and GERGO: GERGO and GIRL: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (dog barking) (gate slams in distance) ("Funkytown" playing) (song stops, phone chirps) MAN (on phone speaker): MAN 2: (phone audio fades) LENARD: Ah.
GERGO: LENARD: ♪ ♪ GERGO and LENARD: GERGO (softly): Hallo?
ZSOFI: LENARD and GERGO: LENARD and ZSOFI: ZSOFI and GERGO: LENARD and ZSOFI: GERGO and ZSOFI: LENARD and ZSOFI: ZSOFI: LENARD: ZSOFI and LENARD: ZSOFI: LENARD: ZSOFI: LENARD: GERGO and LENARD GERGO: ZSOFI: GERGO: LENARD: ZSOFI and LENARD: ZSOFI: GERGO: ZSOFI: LENARD: ZSOFI: LENARD: ZSOFI: LENARD: ZSOFI: GERGO: ZSOFI: (traffic humming in distance) GERGO (murmuring, typing): LENARD: GERGO: ♪ ♪ (phone ringing) (phone continues) (ringing stops) LENARD: WOMAN (over phone): LENARD: WOMAN and LENARD: AGENT 1: LENARD: AGENT 1: Mm-hmm.
LENARD: AGENT 1: Mm-hmm.
LENARD: AGENT 1: LENARD: AGENT 1: Mm-hmm.
AGENT 1 and LENARD: AGENT 2: LENARD: Mm...
AGENT 1: (agent 2 speaking Hungarian) LENARD: AGENT 1: Mm-hmm.
LENARD: AGENT 1: LENARD: AGENT 1: Uh-huh.
LENARD: AGENT 1: LENARD: AGENT 1: Uh-huh.
(jackhammer pounding) ♪ ♪ (shovel scraping) ♪ ♪ (jackhammer continues) ♪ ♪ LENARD: GERGO: LENARD: GERGO: LENARD: GERGO: GERGO and LENARD: GERGO: LENARD: GERGO: LENARD: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ADAM (speaking Hungarian): LENARD: ADAM: LENARD: ADAM: GERGO: ADAM: Mm-hmm.
GERGO: ADAM: GERGO: ADAM: Mm-hmm.
GERGO: ADAM: GERGO: ADAM: GERGO: Yeah.
(playing funk) GERGO: (humming violin part) (band stops) (tapping out rhythm) (band resumes) GUITARIST: GERGO: (imitating bass) (imitating bass) (sings guitar part) GERGO and GUITARIST: (bass and guitar resume) GERGO: (bass resumes, foot tapping) (singing): (music stops) LENARD: (Gergo exclaims) LENARD: GERGO: LENARD: GERGO: Mm-hmm.
LENARD: GERGO: (traffic passing) LENARD: ZSOFI: GERGO: ZSOFI: GERGO and ZSOFI: GERGO: Uh-huh.
ZSOFI (laughing): GERGO: ZSOFI: GERGO: ZSOFI: GERGO: ZSOFI and GERGO: LENARD and GERGO: LENARD: (phone buttons clicking) ZSOFI: GERGO: ZSOFI: GERGO: ZSOFI and GERGO: GERGO: ZSOFI and GERGO: ZSOFI: GERGO: (church organ playing) (organ continues) ISTVAN (speaking Hungarian): ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ LENARD: ISTVAN: GERGO and BALINT: BALINT: GERGO: BALINT: GERGO: ZSOFIA: ISTVAN: GERGO: ISTVAN: GERGO: ISTVAN and LENARD: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ REPORTER (on phone speaker): (audience cheers and applauds) WOMAN 1 (speaking Hungarian): (audience cheers and applauds) LENARD: GERGO (over phone): LENARD and GERGO: LENARD: WOMAN 2: (cheering and applauding) (poster translation): (funk mix playing with violin) (playing part, mix inaudible) (mix playing) GERGO: MARK: GERGO and MARK: GERGO: MARK and GERGO: MARK: GERGO: (mix starts) (humming): Yeah.
(singing): (speaking): MARK and GERGO: MARK: GERGO and LENARD: MARK: MARK and GERGO: MARK: GERGO and MARK: GERGO: MARK and LENARD: GERGO and MARK: MARK: LENARD: GERGO: (singing off-key on mix) MARK and GERGO: MARK: TV PRESENTER (in Hungarian): REPORTER: GERGO (on TV): (on camera): (on TV): (on camera): REPORTER: GERGO (on TV): (TV stops, Gergo inhales) GERGO: LENARD: GERGO: LENARD: Mm-hmm.
LENARD and GERGO: LENARD: LENARD: CAMERAMAN: (Lenard responds, groans) LENARD: (tram wheels squeaking) GERGO: (tram wheels squeaking) LENARD: LENARD and GERGO: (Gergo mouthing) GERGO: LENARD: LENARD and GERGO: LENARD: (song playing on phone) (Gergo humming) LENARD: GERGO: LENARD: Mm?
GERGO: LENARD: (windshield wipers thumping) (Lenard crying softly) (Gergo sighs) GERGO: LENARD: GERGO: LENARD: (moans softly) (Gergo exhales) (Lenard mumbling) (birds chirping) (mourners singing) (band accompanying song) (people talking, weeping in background) (singing and weeping continue) (singing loudly, weeping continues) (singing continues) (instruments playing, wind howling) ♪ ♪ (inscription translation): (music continues) (congregation singing, organ playing) (bell tolling) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (sighs) GERGO'S FATHER: GERGO: FATHER: GERGO: FATHER: (chuckles) GERGO: FATHER: GERGO: FATHER: GERGO: GERGO and FATHER: GERGO (sighs): FATHER: FATHER and GERGO: FATHER: GERGO: FATHER: GERGO: FATHER: GERGO: FATHER: GERGO: FATHER: GERGO: (father sighs) LENARD and ZSOFI: GERGO: GERGO and ZSOFI: GERGO: ZSOFI and GERGO: GERGO and ZSOFI: LENARD and ZSOFI: ZSOFI: LENARD and ZSOFI: GERGO and ZSOFI: LENARD and ZSOFI: LENARD: LENARD and GERGO: GERGO: GERGO and ZSOFI: ZSOFI: GERGO: ZSOFI: (laughing) GERGO: GERGO'S BROTHER and GERGO: GERGO: (laughing) LENARD: BROTHER and LENARD: BROTHER and GERGO: BROTHER: BROTHER and LENARD: GERGO: (brother laughing) (others laughing) FATHER: (laughing) GERGO (singing on phone): (song stops) (Gergo sighs) GERGO: LENARD: GERGO: (song playing on phone) LENARD: GERGO (singing on phone): (Lenard sings along quietly) (playing on soundtrack): Hey, yeah.
♪ Hey ♪ (vocalizing) (song continues) (song fades out) LENARD: GERGO: GERGO and LENARD: LENARD: GERGO: LENARD: GERGO: LENARD and GERGO: LENARD: ♪ ♪ (slogan translation) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ LENARD: ANITA: ♪ ♪ ANITA: (doorbell rings) ♪ ♪ (claps) ♪ ♪ REDBLEK: REDBLEK and LENARD: ANITA: (Lenard laughs) REDBLEK: LENARD and REDBLEK: LENARD: REDBLEK: Mm-hmm.
REDBLEK: Mm-hmm.
REDBLEK: LENARD: REDBLEK and LENARD: LENARD: REDBLEK and LENARD: ♪ ♪ LENARD and GERGO: (Lenard laughs, Gergo replies) LENARD and GERGO: LENARD: LENARD and GERGO: LENARD: GERGO (with mouth full): LENARD: (door opens and closes) GERGO (calling): LENARD: LENARD and GERGO: LENARD: GERGO: GERGO and LENARD: LENARD: GERGO: LENARD: GERGO: (Lenard refusing) (Gergo humming) LENARD: GERGO: Hm?
LENARD: GERGO: LENARD: Mm.
(whispers): (aloud): GERGO and LENARD: ♪ ♪ (sign translation) ♪ ♪ GERGO (on phone) and LENARD: LENARD and GERGO: LENARD (sighing): (Gergo laughing) LENARD: GERGO and LENARD: LENARD: (scooter passing) (Lenard humming) (crowd cheering and applauding, noisemakers blowing) WOMAN: (sign translation) (crowd cheering and applauding, noisemakers blowing) WOMAN: (crowd cheering) MAN: (sign translation) ♪ ♪ GERGO: ♪ ♪ (camera shutter clicks) (talking in background) ♪ ♪ GERGO: GERGO'S BROTHER: GERGO'S FATHER: BROTHER and FATHER: FATHER: BROTHER: (all cheering and clapping) (laughing) (all singing): (lively song playing, man singing in Hungarian) (song continues) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (blows out) GERGO: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ LENARD: GERGO: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪
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