Budapest in the 1930s. Restaurant owner Laszlo hires pianist András to play in his restaurant. Both men fall in love with the beautiful waitress Ilona who inspires András to his only composition. His song of Gloomy Sunday is, at first, loved and then feared, for its melancholic melody sets off a chain of suicides. The fragile balance of the erotic ménage à trois is sent off kilter when the German Hans falls in love with Ilona as well.
Gloomy Sunday has generally received very positive reviews.
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Gloomy Sunday was released in 1999 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 142 reviews, giving Gloomy Sunday (1999) an average rating of 76%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 88%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 73%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Gloomy Sunday than critics were.
With a score of 76%, Gloomy Sunday is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1999, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1999 with similar scores include films like Tarzan, The Cider House Rules and Three Kings.
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