Today I watched this Hungarian film which only show in Hungary . The director is Márta Mészáros,I think she is the best director in Hungary. Her works are very bold, forward-looking, sensitive and sad. Only a few of the 64 films she has directed can be shown in the public. Most of them are included in the film archive. It is very rare that the Hungarian Film Archive provided the broadcasting resources only when it met the Hong Kong International Film Festival. Moreover, it has been restored in high definition! I'm really lucky to have the chance to see this movie!!
This is a semi autobiographical film. Originally, the film was released in Hungary in 1982. However, due to the content containing politically sensitive topics, it was dragged with the National stuff for two years. Finally, it was released in Cannes and won the award. Márta Mészáros 's father was a sculptor who was killed in the Stalinist purge of World War II. Her mother was a prison guard. After her mother died, she became an orphan. Mesarosh's childhood experiences are generally shown in this film. The film is full of a very ironic realism tone. At the same time, it is interspersed with the repeated memories of Juli. She is extremely eager for the life in she has before, but saddly she loss her close people again. This story reflects the typical tragedy of hundreds of thousands of East Europeans who experienced World War II.
There are a lot of scenes of worshipping and praising Stalin and socialism in this film. It is interesting that this film was actually shown in the Soviet Union that year. Obviously, these political censors who were baptized by Stalinism could not understand the irony. It was not until later that it was rejected by many regions. In addition,I could not post this film review on Chinese movie app. My article has been rejected by deletion, obviously Because of political reason.
