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16 November 2001 (Greece) moreTagline:
One family struggles for survival, for justice, for freedom.Plot:
A young Hungarian girl struggles to find her place in the world when she's reunited with her parents in the USA years after she was left behind during their plight from the communist country in the 1950s. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
5 wins & 5 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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A comparison of life in 1950's - 1960's communist Hungary and the United States i.e. California. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Scarlett Johansson | ... | Suzanne - at 15 | |
| Nastassja Kinski | ... | Margit | |
| Raffaella Bánsági | ... | Suzanne - Infant | |
| Tony Goldwyn | ... | Peter | |
| Ágnes Bánfalvy | ... | Helen (as Ági Bánfalvy) | |
| Zoltán Seress | ... | George | |
| Klaudia Szabó | ... | Maria - at 4 | |
| Zsolt Zágoni | ... | Russian Soldier | |
| András Szöke | ... | Istvan | |
| Erzsi Pásztor | ... | Ilus | |
| Carlos Laszlo Weiner | ... | Boy on Train | |
| Bori Kereszturi | ... | Suzanne - at 3 (as Boru Keresztúri) | |
| Péter Kálloy Molnár | ... | AVO Officer (as Péter Kállóy Molnár) | |
| Zsuzsa Czinkóczi | ... | Teri | |
| Balázs Galkó | ... | Jeno |
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Rated PG-13 for some violent content and thematic material.Parents Guide:
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106 min | Argentina:122 minAspect Ratio:
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Argentina:13 | USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | Australia:PG | France:U | Iceland:L | Italy:T | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38019) | Canada:PG (Ontario)Fun Stuff
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Éva Gárdos met actress Colleen Camp on the set of Apocalypse Now (1979), when she was a casting director for the film. During shooting breaks, Éva told Colleen her true story of her childhood as a Hungarian émigré and Colleen encouraged her to turn it into a film. Colleen Camp would ultimately help produce the film, and played a small role in it as a neighborhood housewife. moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: Suzanne first arrives in Los Angeles in 1955, one house has an eighteen-inch television satellite dish strapped to the chimney. moreSoundtrack:
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Having had friends who made the escape from Hungary in what similar fashion during the 1956 uprising I could fully relate to the events that took place during the inspiring American Rhapsody. The stories were similar...in the real life one I knew it involved a married couple and the husbands brother. They had escaped as far as a canal that needed to be crossed to reach Austria. At the last moment the man who was to transport them demanded more money. He only complied when my friends brother put a gun on him and told him to row.
American Rhapsody covers the escape from Hungary and the eventual uniting of the family members, but it involves much more. In it you are seen that the importance of family can be over shadowed by the care and love provided by a surrogate family. The performances of the actresses playing Suzanne are all excellent, but the girl who portrayed her as a five year old child in Hungary and her arrival in California,n Kelly Endelez-Banaki was particularly outstanding. Her performance will be remembered. I found Nastassja Kinshi and Tony Goldwin to also be very real. It is a very rewarding film.
Another commentator compared the film to "Sunshine," another film developing a somewhat similar story but isolated on the Jewish community of Hungary. It is a longer more powerful story, and one that I have had Jewish friends tell me in someways is to horrific in its treatment of Hungarian Jews. Whatever both films, though carrying a somewhat similar theme are excellent examples of the cruelty in man and also in human humanity.