Love (1971)

Original title

Szerelem

Directed by

Károly Makk

Genre

drama film

Country

Hungary

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

12

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman visits her elderly mother-in-law in Budapest and hides the truth that her husband is in prison for political reasons. The older woman is slowly dying and believes her son is working abroad.

intimatemelancholictenderslow-burnquietemotionally restrainedbittersweetreflective

What happens

Love (Hungarian: Szerelem) is a 1971 Hungarian drama film directed by Károly Makk. Based on two short stories by Tibor Déry, Szerelem (1956) and Két asszony (1962), it stars Lili Darvas and Mari Törőcsik. The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 44th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Today, Love is considered a classic of world cinema by critics including Derek Malcolm and Roger Ebert. The film was selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. It was also chosen to be part of the New Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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