Love (1971) ( Szerelem )

Love (1971) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Szerelem
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Hungarian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1971 and produced in:
Hungary ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Károly Makk

Written By:
Péter Bacsó
Tibor Déry

Actors:
Lili Darvas ..... Az öregasszony
Mari Töröcsik ..... Luca
Iván Darvas ..... János
Erzsi Orsolya ..... Irén
László Mensáros ..... Az orvos
Tibor Bitskey ..... Feri (as Bitskei Tibor)
András Ambrus ..... Börtönõr
József Almási ..... Tanár
Zoltán Bán ..... Borbély
Éva Bányai ..... Feriék szolgálója
Ágnes Dávid ..... Feriék szolgálója
Mária Garamszegi ..... Feriék szolgálója
Alíz Halda ..... Tanárnõ
Magda Horváth ..... Kissné
Nóra Káldi ..... Az öregasszony fiatalon (as Káldy Nóra)

Synopsis:

This tender black-and-white Hungarian drama takes place in the '50s. A woman's (Mari Torocsik) husband has been arrested by the Hungarian secret police and imprisoned as a dissident. The young wife lives with her mother-in-law (Lili Darvas), a sweet and magnetic woman, appears to believe that her son has emigrated to America. Unable to do anything about her husband's imprisonment, the daughter-in-law keeps the old woman's good cheer alive by concocting a series of letters from her husband, wherein he does incredible and wonderful things. The two of them share the older lady's memories of a gentler time. When the husband is finally released, his mother has already passed away, but the love he and his wife share is shown. The role of the mother-in-law was played, at the request of the director, by octogenarian Lili Darvas, the wife of the famous Hungarian playwright and novelist Ferenc Molnar (1878-1952).

Budapest around 1950: an old, bedridden lady dreams of her happiness in the past, and her daughter-in-law tells her stories of her son's success in the States whilst the son is, in fact, in prison. The old lady dies, the son released and the couple are reunited.

Janos was imprisoned in the 1950's for political reasons. Day after Day his faithful loving wife Luca visits her aged, bed-ridden mother-in-law who lives with her devoted housekeeper Iren in a small villa on the outskirts of town. She brings with her gifts and a letter from her son, who she has mercifully been led to believe is making a film in America. Luca struggles very hard to maintain her mother-in-laws spirits up but she gets sicker and sicker and does not live to see her son's return. _

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