The read
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
When middle-aged Kata realises that her life will only be complete if she has a baby of her own, her longstanding-but-married boyfriend Joska refuses to comply. But by developing an unlikely friendship with the angst-ridden teenage orphan Anna, who is also involved in a controversial relationship, Kata discovers aspects of herself, and her role as a woman, that have gone unexamined throughout her entire, lonely life.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
52 audience votes
Key crew
- Márta MészárosWriter
- Ferenc GrunwalskyWriter
- Gyula HernádiWriter
- Márta MészárosDirector
- György KovácsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Katalin BerekKata Csentes
- Gyöngyvér VighAnna Bálint
- Péter FriedSanyi
- László SzabóJóska
- Flóra KádárErzsi, Jóska's wife
- Janos BorossAnna's father
- Erzsi VargaAnna's mother
- István KaszásHead of the Institute
- István SzõkeCast
Stills
Themes
marriage contractwoman directorempty nestimpulsive drifter