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’68 (1988) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

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1988 · 99 mins · English
Directed by
Steven Kovacs
Starring
Neil Young, Jan Němec, Eric Larson, Miran Kwun, Robert Locke, Sándor Técsy

‘68 follows a year—from January 1 to December 31, 1968—in the lives of Zoltan Szabo, a Hungarian immigrant, and his family as they build a new life in San Francisco. The Szabos grapple with assimilation, the era’s cultural upheaval, and shifting family dynamics. Their younger son, a college student, is gay, comes out and is disowned by his father.

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