La pierre lancée (1969) : distribution, intrigue et streaming

Released in 1969, La pierre lancée is a drame film directed by Sándor Sára, running about 84 minutes.

What it’s about. An aspiring film student is denied a scholarship to the state-funded university when his father is thrown in jail. The man had stopped a train in order to facilitate the union between two old friends. The son then takes a job as a land surveyor and meets a Greek man who works towards the collective benefits of the peasants. The man is killed in a peasant uprising prompted by a bureaucratic boondoggle. The surveyor looks after the man's widow as his emerging political and social awareness leads him take a stand against government injustice. Another incident, in which gypsies are rounded up by state hygiene workers, further galvanizes the man's beliefs. He photographs the incident, and his work allows him to be accepted into the school from which he was previously denied admission.

Who’s in it. La pierre lancée stars Lajos Balázsovits as Pásztor Balázs, Nadesda Kazassian as Irini, Iliasz felesége, Todor Todorov as Iliasz and László Bánhidi as János bácsi, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.3/10, La pierre lancée has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch La pierre lancée page.

If you liked it. Fans of La pierre lancée tend to enjoy Les Évadés, Le Parrain, La Liste de Schindler and Le Parrain, 2e partie.