Adoption (Hungarian: Örökbefogadás) is a 1975 Hungarian drama film directed by Márta Mészáros. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear.[1] The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]
Plot summary
The film tells the story of Kata, a 42-year-old female factory worker who lives alone near a residential care facility for abandoned children. She has a relationship with a married man, with whom she would like to have a child. He declines the offer, and the woman becomes interested in Anna, a girl from the children's home. She helps Anna marry her boyfriend, and decides to adopt a baby from the orphanage.
As Mészáros' Nine Months (1976), Adoption starts with a semi-documentary sequence shot inside a factory.
Cast
- Katalin Berek as Csentesné – Kata (as Berek Kati)
- Gyöngyvér Vigh as Bálint Anna
- Péter Fried as Sanyi
- László Szabó as Jóska
- István Szőke
- Flóra Kádár as Erzsi, Jóska's wife
- Janos Boross as Anna apja
- Erzsi Varga as Anna anyja
- István Kaszás as Intézetigazgató
- Anikó Kiss
- Zsófi Mészáros
- Judit Felvidéki
- Irén Rácz
- Erika Jozsi as (as Józsa Erika)
- András Szigeti
See also
- List of submissions to the 48th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Hungarian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "Berlinale 1975: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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