Örökbefogadás (1975)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Márta Mészáros

Writers:

Ferenc Grunwalsky (writer)
Gyula Hernádi (writer)

Release Date:

25 September 1975 (Hungary)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Single factory worker Kata, 43, wants to have a child with her long-time secret lover, a married man called Joska...

Plot Keywords:

Reform School | Working Woman | Women In Society | Abandoned Baby | Kitchen Sink Realism

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Katalin Berek	...	Csontosné, Kata
Gyöngyvér Vigh	...	Bálint Anna
Péter Fried	...	Sanyi
László Szabó	...	Jóska
István Szõke
Flóra Kádár	...	Erzsi, Jóska felesége
Janos Boross	...	Anna apja
Erzsi Varga	...	Anna anyja
István Kaszás	...	Intézetigazgató
Anikó Kiss
Zsófi Mészáros
Judit Felvidéki
Irén Rácz
Erika Jozsi
András Szigeti

Also Known As:

Adoption

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Hungary

Language:

Hungarian

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

Hungarofilm

A work of austere brilliance by the most prolific woman filmmaker of all time.

As austere as any Bresson, this film shows Meszaros' brilliance as a filmmaker. The story is simple, the acting understated and powerful, the black and white photography masterful, the atmosphere strained and grey. Without once mentioning politics, it could not be a more powerful indictment of Communist society.

It is, a sad comment on the state of film distribution in this day and age that the works of Meszaros, the most prolific woman filmmaker of all time, should be so little available. Come on, Amazon, get with it!