Helén and Jenö are waiting for a child and are desperately searching for an accomodation. They eventually sign a contract with an old lady, Szeréna, who lives in a
two-family house. According to the contract, they are to pay a moderate rent and they have to take care of her until her death. After the first weeks, Szeréna accuses the couple
of trying to poison her and builds a chicken coop on the balcony with the aim of living off the eggs she herself gathers.
Country: Ungheria
Year: 1990
Running time: 90'
Genre: fiction
Screenplay: János Xantus
Cinematography: Tibor Klöpfler
Editing: Katalin Kabdebó
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
With: Zofia Rysiòwna, Anikó Für, Andrzej Ferenc
Produced by: Objektiv Filmstudio
