Directed by:
Barnabás TóthCinematography:
Gábor MarosiComposer:
László PirisiCast:
Károly Hajduk, Abigél Szőke, Mari Nagy, Barnabás Horkay, Katalin Simkó, Andor Lukáts, Judit Marosvölgyi, Zsolt Zayzon, Adél Jordán, Lujza Emma Tóth (more)VOD (1)
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In Budapest, in the aftermath of the Holocaust, Klara (Abigél Szőke), a sharp-tongued girl making a rocky transition to puberty, is treated by Aladár (Károly Hajduk), a gentle, decent middle-aged doctor. She lashes out in furious denial over the loss of her parents; he is paralyzed in silent grief over the deaths of his wife and child. Together, they struggle to carve out a space between sexual impropriety and redemption. But a new totalitarian threat has started to take shape around them, as the Soviets begin asserting their force. Director Barnabás Tóth, who cowrote the script with Klára Muhi, crafts a quiet but deeply affecting and exquisite story of survival, achieving the impossible: a balance between heartbreaking grief and the hope of a new beginning. Szőke, just 17 at the time of filming, provides a mesmerizing portrait of a girl ascending to womanhood under a veil of rage and sadness. (Telluride Film Festival)
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