The following description comes from the event organizer.

The Beacon Cinema, in partnership with RED MAY, is proud to present six masterworks from Miklós Jancsó, the first internationally recognized auteur of modern Hungarian filmmaking and the creator of a unique and highly influential film language. Largely unavailable in the U.S. until now, Jancsó’s films arrive in stunning 4K restorations, courtesy of Kino Lorber, many of which make their Seattle premieres during this month-long retrospective.

It has been fifteen years since the death of her father, Agamemnon, and Elektra, still burning with hatred towards his murderer, the tyrant Aegisztosz, attempts to rouse an apathetic population against the rule of this usurper.

A richly inventive adaptation of the two-thousand-year-old Greek myth. This searing exposé of oppression and the abuse of power resonates inescapably in twentieth century Hungary, reflecting attitudes towards tyranny and dictatorship from the modern man’s perspective. Jancsó makes use of the play's framework to make charges against the then Russian rulership that continues to resonate today. ELECTRA, MY LOVE is a thoroughly enjoyable cinematic tour de force, the 71 minute film consists of 12 single take, intricately choreographed set pieces.