Jadviga's Pillow (2000)
Jadviga párnája (original title)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Ildikó Tóth	...	Jadviga
	Viktor Bodó	...	Ondris
	Roman Luknár	...	Franci
	Mari Csomós	...	Mamovka
	Djoko Rosic	...	Gregor (as Djoko Rossich)
	Béla Fesztbaum	...	Miki Buchbinder
	Eszter Ónodi	...	Irmus
	Marián Labuda	...	Barovszky, the priest
	Peter Simun	...	Zelenák
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Sándor Csányi	...	Rosza Pali
	Edit Dékány
	Ferenc Elek
	Attila Galambos
	József Hodu
	Gabriella Hámori	...	Erzsi

Storyline

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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