Movies

The movie is inspired by writer-director Márta Mészáros' own childhood. The film is a grim reminder of horrible days under...

An expressionist biography of Edith Stein, who converted from the Jewish faith to the Catholic one and became a Carmelite sister. She would die in a...

A candid portrait of the women working at the Lőrinc spinning mill. As with so many of Mészáros’ shorts, this work has...

Juli, who works in a brick factory, begins a romantic relationship with her boss, to whom she hides the fact that she has a son.

Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz directed this insightful TV documentary (2005) tracing the Polish filmmaker's career. Former classmates reminisce about...

Socialist industry manufactures only those products absolutely required by workers, citizens purchase only those items essential for their everyday...

Reconstructions of unrealized Hungarian films in cooperation with the greatest Hungarian film directors.

On his return from America, András simply cannot find his place: he has lost his wife, friends and job, and he cannot even find his way back...

Márta Mészáros' father, the sculptor László Mészáros, was executed during the Stalinist purges of...

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...

What if democracy fails citizens by not serving them all equally? What if inequality becomes the norm and the most vulnerable citizens are left...

On receiving a letter from her mother, a quiet working-class girl leaves the state orphanage in Budapest where she grew up and takes a trip to the...

Hungarian documentary that commemorates the life and work of director and artist László Mészáros through archival footage...

The film presents several young people from rural areas whom the new communist regime helped to integrate into the labor field of the socialist...

One of the doyennes of Hungarian film deals with a dark period of national history: the Soviet regime in Hungary. She portrays it through the fate of...

This drama follows the dilemma of a young, unwillingly pregnant wife who gives her child up for adoption by a businesswoman. Anna doesn't need...

Made on the occasion of March 8, it presents a series of brief portraits of women, from various professional fields, of different ages and even of...

Documentary about film director Marta Meszaros featuring on-set interviews with the director and creative collaborators

Anna is a stylist in Budapest. One day at a restaurant, she thinks she recognizes Marie Aubier, a 22-year-old French girl, her own daughter.

The lifelong friendship of Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich.