Plot
Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia is in hospital with a broken neck; Livia's husband, Donci, is under arrest. In a flashback to the year before, we see what leads up to the tragedy. Eva gets a job as a writer. She meets Livia and is attracted to her. Livia feels much the same, but as a married woman, has doubts and hesitations. In their work, they (and Eva in particular) bang up against the limits of telling political truths; in private, they confront the limits of living out sexual and emotional truth.
Written by
Erzsébet Galgóczi, Károly Makk
Directed by
Károly Makk
Crew
Production Countries
Hungary
Production Companies
MAFILM Dialóg Filmstúdió, Meridian Films
Languages
Magyar
Awards
5 wins & 1 nomination