Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia is in hospital with a broken neck; Livia's husband, Donci, is under arrest. In a flashback to the year before, we see what leads up to the tragedy. Eva gets a job as a writer. She meets Livia and is attracted to her. Livia feels much the same, but as a married woman, has doubts and hesitations. In their work, they (and Eva in particular) bang up against the limits of telling political truths; in private, they confront the limits of living out sexual and emotional truth.
Released: May 01, 1982
Runtime: 102 minutes
Stars: Grażyna Szapołowska, Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, Ildikó Bánsági, Judit Hernádi, Jozef Kroner, Gyula Szabó
Crew: Károly Makk (Director), Erzsébet Galgóczi (Novel), Károly Makk (Writer), Tamás Andor (Director of Photography), Emőke Csengey (Costume Design), Mara Bóna (Assistant Director)