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I loved this movie! I was laughing hysterically the entire time. Go and have some fun! The actors are great, too, especially Max Ovasaka, who plays Pasi/Xytrax. I can't imagine how they could shoot the scenes with him at all??? Surely the crew was ROTLF-ing all the time, and it must have been hard to keep the camera straight! You don't need to like or know heavy metal - this will be hilarious any way!

I am planning to see it again. And I think it will be a cult movie, just like Leningrad Cowboys Go America did in 1989.

I loved this movie because it was fresh, funny and the actors were amazing. I expected the usual nihilism of a Hungarian movie and I got great amusement. I also found the acting very credible. There's a little twist at the end, and hints all along that there would be one, but I guess the story would work without it anyway. And that's because the emotions and tensions shown are real, no hypocrisy. Sometimes social media and these positivity sites and articles try to make us believe that it's all right to live in a wheelchair. Well, in fact, life in a wheelchair just sucks. And that's the truth. But you can go ahead, struggle, make some progress, try to handle it the best possible way, but hey folks, let's just not be rosy here. Humour, though. It helps. It always does.

One more thing: there is a small scene where Zolika is out in his wheelchair on a sunny and tranquil day on a touristy square of Budapest and an elderly lady tries to give him small change and he does not accept it. That scene I found the most heart breaking, even though it is not very important from the story point of view. But it is so typical, how good hearted people are mismanaging the encounters with disabled people, due to lack of integration and education.

The Hungarian title means "With Full Heart" and that is how I recommend this movie.

I don't think this movie exists on DVD or could be rented, but this is something I would rather have at home, to be able to watch it any time I need real amusement and some light but useful thoughts. (I did not manage to find it as of yet in shops.)

I recommend this movie to everyone. A rare masterpiece and a unique point of view. I would never have thought that a Russian-Finish-Lapp movie touches me so much. A silent peace message it is.

The actors were chosen carefully. The Finish guy is very Finish, the Russian guy is very Russian. Totally different in thinking, in behaving, in second thoughts and in style. Each representing his culture accurately. Despite this, they come to common grounds, without speaking each other's language. There are some common things, default meanings, common human values in us all, no matter which part of the world we come from.