Jadviga's Pillow
(2000)
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Jadviga's Pillow
(2000)
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Ildikó Tóth | ... |
Jadviga
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Viktor Bodó | ... |
Ondris
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Roman Luknár | ... |
Franci
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Mari Csomós | ... |
Mamovka
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Djoko Rosic | ... |
Gregor
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Béla Fesztbaum | ... |
Miki Buchbinder
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Eszter Ónodi | ... |
Irmus
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Marián Labuda | ... |
Barovszky, the priest
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Peter Simun | ... |
Zelenák
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Sándor Csányi | ... |
Rosza Pali
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Attila Galambos | ||
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József Hodu | ||
| Gabriella Hámori | ... |
Erzsi
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The film is the filmed version of Pál Závada's novel of the same title, which was first published in 1997 and soon became a bestseller. The story takes place during World War I and afterwards in a small town in south-eastern Hungary. It tells about the unhappy marriage between a young man, Ondris, who is a member of the Slovak minority of the town, and his wife Jadviga. She can't return his devotion towards her and starts a love affair with Franci, a lawyer. The film tells the history of this unhappy relationship between a passionate country man and his equally passionate, but much more erudite wife who wants something more from life but can't get it. There is also some historic background: the breakup of the Hapsburg monarchy, the independence movement of the Hungarian Slovaks, led in the story by a ridiculous priest, etc. But this only remains the backdrop for the story of an unhappy "ménage à trois". Written by meitschi
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