Bad Poems

Tamás Merthner is a thirty-three-year-old man struggling with the end of his relationship with Anna, who is studying in Paris. While dealing with his heartbreak, Tamás reflects on his past, revisiting memories from his childhood and adolescence to understand the nature of love. As he balances his emotional distress with his professional life directing advertisements, his personal journey provides a subjective perspective on the confusion of contemporary Hungarian society.

The film was written and directed by Gábor Reisz, who also stars as Tamás. This was the first of three films he directed, followed by Explanation for Everything and Ground Floor. The cast includes Katica Nagy, Niels Schneider, Zsolt Kovács, Katalin Takács, and Imola Rácz.

Produced by Proton Cinema and Les Films du Balibari, the movie had a budget of 230 million USD. It has received generally positive feedback from viewers, holding a rating of 7.5/10 on IMDb based on 3,000 votes and a 6.4/10 rating on TMDB from 26 votes.