Coasting

Incoming Editorial·Reviewed May 28, 2026

Hanna and Gáspár have been together for a year when Hanna invites the boy to her family’s summer vacation. Everything seems idyllic, yet Hanna gradually realizes that there is no room for his presence in the intimate world of her childhood memories. The closeness of her parents amplifies the differences between them. In the stillness, two self-important figures come into focus: her overbearing father and Gáspár, who also sees himself as significant—both observed closely by Hanna. There is the life she was born into, and the life she wants to live. For the first time, she begins to consider that her relationship with Gáspár may one day come to an end, and that she does not see everything the way her father does.