An American Rhapsody (2001) ( Amerikai rapszódia )

An American Rhapsody (2001) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Amerikai rapszódia
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
102 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
Hungary ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Éva Gárdos

Written By:
Éva Gárdos

Actors:
Ágnes Bánfalvy ..... Helen (as Ági Bánfalvy)
András Szöke ..... Istvan
Balázs Galkó ..... Jeno
Bori Kereszturi ..... Zsuzsi (at 3)
Carlos Laszlo Weiner ..... Boy on Train / Boy at Party
Erzsi Pásztor ..... Ilus
Kelly Endresz-Banlaki ..... Zsuzsi / Suzanne (at 6) (as Kelly Endrész Bánlaki)
Klaudia Szabó ..... Maria (at 4)
Nastassja Kinski ..... Margit Sandor
Raffaella Bánsági ..... Zsuzsi (infant)
Scarlett Johansson ..... Zsuzsi / Suzanne Sandor (at 15)
Tony Goldwyn ..... Peter Sandor
Zoltán Seress ..... George
Zsolt Zágoni ..... Russian Soldier
Zsuzsa Czinkóczi ..... Teri

Synopsis:

In the darkest days of the Cold War, a Hungarian family sacrifices wealth and privilege to escape to the West and gain freedom from Communist repression. Amid the chaos of their late-night border crossing, their youngest child is left behind. They go on to build a new life in America, while in the old country a peasant family raises Suzanne as if she were their own. But Suzanne's true mother never stops fighting to bring her to America. After five years of persistence she wins her fight. Suzanne comes to America, greeted by people she's never met who say they are her parents. As Suzanne grows up to be a rebellious teenager, she must deal directly with the mystery of her past. Only by going back to Hungary, by crossing the border once again, on her own terms, is she able to find herself and to find her true home.

In 1950, a Hungarian couple, Peter and Margit, are forced to flee from the oppressive communist country for the USA with their eldest daughter Maria, but are forced to leave behind their infant daughter Suzanne who is raised by kindly foster couple. 6 years later, Peter and Margit arrange for the American Red Cross to bring Suzanne to their new home in Los Angeles where the perplexed youth is forced to accept her sudden change in home and country which leads to a troubled growing up. At age 15, the rebelious and unsure-of-herself Suzanne tries to come to terms with her roots and decides to travel back to Budapest, Hungary to find her true idenity.

A young Hungarian girl struggles to find her place in the world when she's reunited with her parents in the USA years after she was left behind during their flight from the communist country in the 1950s.

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