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DVD007359: Adoption
: Mészáros, Márta
: Criterion Collection, 2022

Description:: BluRay - Zone A. viewing copy. 1 videodisc of 1.
Notes:: Supplemental materials: trailer; essay by film scholar Elena Gorfinkel; video essay by scholar Catherine Portuges and interview with Mészáros from 2019
Alternate Title:: Örökbefogadás
Director:: Mészáros, Márta
Production Co:: Hungarofilm
Running Time:: Feature. 88 minutes
Sound:: sound - monaural
Color:: b/w
Country:: Hungary
Year:: 1975
Language:: Hungarian language with English subtitles
Genre:: Drama
Notes:: When middle-aged Kata realises that her life will only be complete if she has a baby of her own, her longstanding-but-married boyfriend Joska refuses to comply. But by developing an unlikely friendship with the angst-ridden teenage orphan Anna, who is also involved in a controversial relationship, Kata discovers aspects of herself, and her role as a woman, that have gone unexamined throughout her entire, lonely life.
Link to:: FII catalog |
Director:: Mészáros, Márta
Running Time:: Short. 21 minutes
Sound:: sound - monaural
Color:: b/w
Country:: Hungary
Year:: 1964
Language:: Hungarian lanuage with English subtitles
Genre:: Documentary
Notes:: This 1964 short film by Márta Mészáros explores the themes of broken family bonds; it also offers insight into the origins of the director’s career.
Director:: Raganelli, Katja
Running Time:: Short. 57 minutes
Sound:: sound - monaural
Color:: color
Country:: Hungarian
Year:: 1979
Language:: Hungarian language with English subtitles
Genre:: Documentary
Notes:: Documentary about film director Marta Meszaros featuring on-set interviews with the director and creative collaborators

Adoption

Mészáros, Márta

Criterion Collection, 2022

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