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Adoption

Adoption

19756.71h 28m

Overview

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.

Directed by Márta Mészáros
Written by Márta Mészáros, Ferenc Grunwalsky, Gyula Hernádi
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Top Cast

Katalin Berek

Katalin Berek

Kata Csentes

Gyöngyvér Vigh

Gyöngyvér Vigh

Anna Bálint

P

Péter Fried

Sanyi

László Szabó

László Szabó

Jóska

F

Flóra Kádár

Erzsi, Jóska's wife

J

Janos Boross

Anna's father

E

Erzsi Varga

Anna's mother

I

István Kaszás

Head of the Institute

I

István Szõke

Themes & Keywords

marriage contractwoman directorempty nestimpulsive drifter

About Adoption

Adoption is a drama film released in 1975 exploring themes of marriage contract, woman director, empty nest, impulsive drifter. Directed by Márta Mészáros, it stars Katalin Berek, Gyöngyvér Vigh, Péter Fried. 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.

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