Adoption
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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Cast
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Katalin Berek
Kata Csentes
Also in
Nine Months
Stephen, the King
Gyöngyvér Vigh
Anna Bálint
Known for
Red Psalm
Péter Fried
Sanyi
Also in
Horizont
Pheasant Tomorrow
Szabó László
Jóska
Known for
Made in U.S.A
Le Petit Soldat
Flóra Kádár
Erzsi, Jóska's wife
Also in
A Szórád-ház
Sunshine
Janos Boross
Anna's father
No other roles listed
Erzsi Varga
Anna's mother
Also in
Hungarian Wedding
István Kaszás
Head of the Institute
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István Szõke
Also in
Maybe Tomorrow
Márta Mészáros Director · Gyula Hernádi Writer Ferenc Grunwalsky Writer
United States release November 1, 1975 · Produced in Hungary · Production Hungarofilm
Production
Hunnia Filmstúdió
Production
Hungarofilm
Production
Hungary
Produced in
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Original title
Örökbefogadás
Original language
Hungarian
Spoken on screen
Hungarian
Release dates
Germany · July 7, 1975
Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Hungary · September 25, 1975
Theatrical
United States · November 1, 1975
Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
United States
April 2, 1976 · Premiere · New York New Directors and New Films Festival
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