Flowers of Reverie

The seeming hopelessness of combatting an allpowerful government that will not tolerate political dissension is the focus of this excellent historical drama set in the mid19th century in Hungary In the opening scenes Hungary has just lost its bid for independence from Austria and a Magyar officer unable to bear the tragedy of defeat and what it means says an affectionate goodbye to his beloved horse and then shoots the animal and himself Two years later Ferenc Gyorgy Cserhalmi is trying to eke out a living for his wife and her family and at the same time avoid any hint of sympathy for Hungarian independence because the Secret Police are everywhere Just as life seems to be going well Ferencs former commanding officer Lajos Oze arrives and begins discussing revolution again a futile pursuit at this point in time The next day Ferenc is thrown into an insane asylum and everyone else is arrested as well