Filmbar screening of Zoltán Fábri's The Fifth Seal (1976) at Research and Publication Centre (RPC) on Friday, May 22, 2026 at 5:00 pm.
Set in Budapest, 1944, towards the end of World War II, it tells the story of a group of friends hanging out in a bar owned by Béla, drinking, talking and having as good a time as they can, trying to stay out of trouble. Miklós a watchmaker, László, a book seller and János, a carpenter, are one night joined by a fifth man, who asks an innocent question: "Just imagine you are about to die, but you will be reincarnated in to one of two people; a slave or the rich master. The slave suffers under the master. He has his tongue and an eye removed and his wife and child are killed. He goes on living knowing he is a good person, as he never committed such appalling, sadistic acts on another like his master has done. The rich master has no moral qualms about it at all. He doesn't think what he did was wrong; the slave needed to be punished. You have the choice, whether to be a poor and righteous slave or be a rich and corrupt master." This hypothetical question changes their lives.
The screening will be followed by a discussion over tea. Lift is operational.
Address: Research and Publication Centre (RPC), 2nd Floor, 65 Main Boulevard Gulberg, Lahore (next to Standard Chartered Bank, above Indesign showroom).
Rashed Rahman
Editor, Pakistan Monthly Review (PMR) (link: pakistanmonthlyreview.com)
Director, Research and Publication Centre (RPC) (on Facebook)
Email: rashed.rahman1@gmail.com
Cell: 0302 8482737
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