My 20th Century (1989)

Original title

Az én XX. századom

Directed by

Ildikó Enyedi

Genre

drama film, comedy drama

Country

Cuba, Germany, Hungary

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

R15+

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Twin sisters separated as children grow up on opposite sides of society in early 20th century Europe. One becomes a revolutionary and the other a bourgeois woman. Their paths cross again during a train journey.

whimsicaldreamlikeplayfulmeditativeintimatenostalgicphilosophicalquirky

What happens

My 20th Century aka My Twentieth Century (Hungarian: Az én XX. századom) is a 1989 Hungarian comedy-drama science fiction film written and directed by Ildikó Enyedi. It premiered at the Toronto Festival of Festivals. Enyedi won the Golden Camera award at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film was 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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