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Category / Meszaros, Marta

March 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Diary for My Children (1984)

  • Meszaros, Marta
  • 1984, Hungary, Marta Meszaros
  • 2 Comments

The first of Meszaros’ powerful autobiographical ‘Diary’ films charts its young protagonist’s return from Russia to Hungary as communism rears its ugly head in the period after WWII.  

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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October 6, 2021March 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Heiresses, The (1980)

  • Meszaros, Marta
  • 1980, France, Hungary, Marta Meszaros
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Isabelle Huppert plays a Jewish working-class woman who agrees to be secretly impregnated by her rich friend’s husband in order to help the couple conceive in this morally complex tale set in the backdrop of rising Nazism in the 1930s. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 13, 2021September 26, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Diary for My Father and Mother (1990)

  • Meszaros, Marta
  • 1990, Hungary, Marta Meszaros
  • 1 Comment

Not as powerful or involving as Meszaros’ previous semi-autobiographical ‘Diaries’, but as an opportunity to grasp how the 1956 Hungarian Revolution impacted and divided its people, it does an adequate job. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 30, 2021March 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Diary for My Loves (1987)

  • Meszaros, Marta
  • 1987, Hungary, Marta Meszaros
  • 2 Comments

The second film of Meszaros’ ‘Diaries’ is an affecting semi-autobiographical tale of a young Hungarian woman with ambitions of becoming a film director, set against the tumultuous backdrop of the Soviet Bloc.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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May 18, 2021September 26, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Two of Them, The (1977)

  • Meszaros, Marta
  • 1977, Hungary, Marta Meszaros
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An older woman and a younger woman connect and find comfort in each other’s strengths as their husbands fail them in this intimate drama by the ever perceptive Marta Meszaros.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 4, 2021September 26, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Nine Months (1976)

  • Meszaros, Marta
  • 1976, Hungary, Marta Meszaros
  • 1 Comment

A strongly feministic work, albeit a rather cold one, about a young Hungarian woman who must navigate an industrial job, toxic masculinity and social norms of marriage and child-rearing, directed with quiet authenticity by Marta Meszaros.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 18, 2021September 26, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Don’t Cry, Pretty Girls! (1970)

  • Meszaros, Marta
  • 1970, Hungary, Marta Meszaros
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Meszaros turns Beat-inspired music-making into highly-sensual filmmaking in this work about rebellious Hungarian youths, romance and rock bands. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 9, 2021August 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Binding Sentiments (1969)

  • Meszaros, Marta
  • 1969, Hungary, Marta Meszaros
  • 2 Comments

A recently-widowed mother who yearns to be independent and her overprotective son cross paths in what is a slightly nondescript second feature from Meszaros about the perceived strengths and weaknesses of familial bonds.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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April 5, 2021September 26, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Girl, The (1968)

  • Meszaros, Marta
  • 1968, Hungary, Marta Meszaros
  • 3 Comments

While rather light on story, there’s a refreshing, liberating quality to Meszaros’ feature debut about a young Hungarian woman’s search for romantic and psychological fulfilment. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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