Glamour

1999
1h 55m

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Three generations of Hungarian Jews with a furniture shop in Budapest: at the center is the love affair of Imre and Gerda. Imre is the elder son of the family patriarch, a veteran of the Gre... Read allThree generations of Hungarian Jews with a furniture shop in Budapest: at the center is the love affair of Imre and Gerda. Imre is the elder son of the family patriarch, a veteran of the Great War. Imre greets Gerda when she arrives from Germany to teach; he shepherds her through... Read allThree generations of Hungarian Jews with a furniture shop in Budapest: at the center is the love affair of Imre and Gerda. Imre is the elder son of the family patriarch, a veteran of the Great War. Imre greets Gerda when she arrives from Germany to teach; he shepherds her through a sham marriage and divorce so that she, an Aryan, can marry him. He becomes a Christian ... Read all

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5.0/10

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Awards
- 3 wins & 1 nomination

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The 'Elsõ szerelem' role is played by Gevai Juli (credited as Júlia Gervai). She was 15/16 during filming.

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9/10

stunning visuals, great soundtrack

I saw this at the 2001 Seattle International Film Festival and loved it. Not many people went to see it, but it seemed to me that most of them enjoyed it. I would like to mention that this movie won a Jury special prize at Festroia-Troia International Film Festival, Grand prize at Hungarian Film Week, and was the Oscar submission for Best Foreign Language Film (I assume for Hungary).

I don't remember much since then but thought that the movie deserved a good review to match the bad one. The cinematography is beautiful in this movie. And I felt the effects for the surreal moments were done quite well. The characters were lovable and I didn't find the movie to be lagging or tedious (caution: I really like slow-paced movies). The music composed for the sound track was also excellent. And I asked the director (who was at the film festival) if he would send me some, which he agreed to, but sadly it never happened.

All in all I would recommend this movie, and I would watch it again if I had the chance.