In an elliptical coming-of-age film, Péter Gothár gave the world its best look at the impact of the 1956 Hungarian revolution on the lives of the survivors. Little Dénes and Gábor watched their freedom-fighter father escape the Russian tanks and Hungary, not to be seen again. As teenagers, the boys live with the legacy of this "enemy of the people," but unlike the kid in Father (see October 9), they want no part of heroics and are numb to history. If these are the children of Marx and Coca-Cola, hold the Marx. In the long dreary corridors of home, school, and street, Dénes is initiated into the hallucinatory and inviting world of sex and Coke, to the beat of Elvis, Chubby Checker, and their Hungarian imitators. The masterful climax drives circles around the future: time stands still but life goes on. They won't be twisting again like they did in '56.