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Adoption

Original title: Örökbefogadás
  • 19751975
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 29m
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Örökbefogadás (1975)
Drama

A lonely middle-aged woman wants to give birth to a child, but her acquaintance with dysfunctional teenagers leads her to the idea of adoption.A lonely middle-aged woman wants to give birth to a child, but her acquaintance with dysfunctional teenagers leads her to the idea of adoption.A lonely middle-aged woman wants to give birth to a child, but her acquaintance with dysfunctional teenagers leads her to the idea of adoption.

IMDb RATING
7.3/10
926
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  • Director
    • Márta Mészáros
  • Writers
    • Márta Mészáros
    • Gyula Hernádi
    • Ferenc Grunwalsky
  • Stars
    • Katalin Berek
    • Gyöngyvér Vigh
    • Péter Fried
Top credits
  • Director
    • Márta Mészáros
  • Writers
    • Márta Mészáros
    • Gyula Hernádi
    • Ferenc Grunwalsky
  • Stars
    • Katalin Berek
    • Gyöngyvér Vigh
    • Péter Fried
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    • 10User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 1 nomination

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    Katalin Berek
    • Csentesné - Kataas Csentesné - Kata
    Gyöngyvér Vigh
    • Bálint Annaas Bálint Anna
    Péter Fried
    • Sanyias Sanyi
    László Szabó
    László Szabó
    • Jóskaas Jóska
    István Szõke
    Flóra Kádár
    • Erzsi, Jóska feleségeas Erzsi, Jóska felesége
    János Boros
    • Anna apjaas Anna apja
    • (as Boross János)
    Erzsi Varga
    • Anna anyjaas Anna anyja
    István Kaszás
    • Intézetigazgatóas Intézetigazgató
    Anikó Kiss
    Zsófi Mészáros
    Judit Felvidéki
    Irén Rácz
    Erika Jozsi
      András Szigeti
      Magda Horváth
      Árpád Perlaky
      • Orvosas Orvos
      • (as dr. Perlaky Árpád)
      Gábor Szücs
        • Director
          • Márta Mészáros
        • Writers
          • Márta Mészáros
          • Gyula Hernádi
          • Ferenc Grunwalsky
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        Storyline

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        Single factory worker Kata, 43, wants to have a child with her long-time secret lover, a married man called Joska. He doesn't like the idea. Kata befriends teenage schoolgirl Anna, abandoned by her parents at the age of six. Anna runs away from the local children's home and moves in with Kata so that she can keep on seeing her boyfriend Sanyi. Kata goes to see Anna's parents and persuades them to give the young lovers their permission to marry. Through Anna, Kata becomes interested in neglected children and decides to adopt a baby from the children's home. —Markku Kuoppamäki
        child abandonmentwomen in societyreform schoollove triangleintergenerational friendship11 more
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          • Drama
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          • Not Rated
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          Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)

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        10/10
        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!
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        • vincentw
        • Sep 27, 2000

        Details

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        • Release date
          • September 25, 1975 (Hungary)
        • Country of origin
          • Hungary
        • Language
          • Hungarian
        • Also known as
          • Adopción
        • Filming locations
          • Hungary
        • Production companies
          • Hungarofilm
          • Hunnia Filmstúdió
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 29 minutes
        • Color
          • Black and White
        • Sound mix
          • Mono

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