Adoption (Hungarian: Örökbefogadás) is a 1975 Hungarian drama film directed by Márta Mészáros. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear.[1] The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]
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| Directed by | Márta Mészáros |
| Written by | Gyula Hernádi Márta Mészáros Ferenc Grunwalsky |
| Starring | Katalin Berek Gyöngyvér Vigh Péter Fried |
| Cinematography | Lajos Koltai Márta Mészáros |
| Edited by | Éva Kármentő |
| Music by | György Kovács |
| Distributed by | Kino Video |
Release dates |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Hungary |
| Language | Hungarian |
Plot summary
editThe film tells the story of Kata, a 42-year-old female factory worker who lives alone near a residential care facility for abandoned children. She has a relationship with a married man, with whom she would like to have a child. He declines the offer, and the woman becomes interested in Anna, a girl from the children's home. She helps Anna marry her boyfriend, and decides to adopt a baby from the orphanage.
As Mészáros' Nine Months (1976), Adoption starts with a semi-documentary sequence shot inside a factory.
Cast
edit- Katalin Berek as Csentesné – Kata (as Berek Kati)
- Gyöngyvér Vigh as Bálint Anna
- Péter Fried as Sanyi
- László Szabó as Jóska
- István Szőke
- Flóra Kádár as Erzsi, Jóska's wife
- Janos Boross as Anna apja
- Erzsi Varga as Anna anyja
- István Kaszás as Intézetigazgató
- Anikó Kiss
- Zsófi Mészáros
- Judit Felvidéki
- Irén Rácz
- Erika Jozsi as (as Józsa Erika)
- András Szigeti
Reception
editAdoption was the first female directed film to win the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.[3] According to Sight and Sound, the film is Mészáros's best-known film.[4]
A restored version of Adoption was screened in the Berlinale Classics program at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival.[3][4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Berlinale 1975: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
- ↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- 1 2 Hudson, David (28 September 2021). "Márta Mészáros's Adoption (1975)". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- 1 2 Bittencourt, Ela (1 March 2019). "The films of Márta Mészáros: power, feminism and transindividuality". Sight and Sound. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
External links
edit- Adoption at IMDb
- Adoption at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
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