The Two of Them
The Two of Them is a 1977 Hungarian-French drama film directed by Márta Mészáros. The film was co-written by Mészáros and Françoise Giroud and produced by Mészáros and Youssef Ishaghpour.Katalin Berek and Gyöngyvér Vigh starred in the lead roles.
Plot
The film opens with Kata returning to Hungary after many years to visit her mother. Anna is initially shocked and apprehensive, having not seen her daughter in nearly 20 years, and the two women struggle to connect at first. The film then flashes back to the past, showing Anna as a young woman raising Kata on her own after her husband leaves her. Anna struggles to make ends meet as a single mother and is often forced to leave Kata with her mother while she works long hours at the hospital.
More details
author | Géza Bereményi Márta Mészáros |
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director | Márta Mészáros |
editor | Éva Kármentő |
genre | drama |
keywords | childhood home force katalin berek lost time misunderstand single mother understand walk young woman |
musicBy | György Kovács |