Márta Mészáros
Nacimiento : 1931-09-19, Hungary, Budapest
Historia
Márta Mészáros (born 19 September 1931) is a Hungarian screenwriter and film director. The daughter of László Mészáros, a sculptor, Mészáros began her career working in documentary film, having made 25 documentary shorts over the span of ten years. Her full-length directorial debut, Eltavozott nap/The Girl (1968), was the first Hungarian film to have been directed by a woman, and won the Special Prize of the Jury at the Valladolid International Film Festival.
Mészáros' work often combines autobiographical details with documentary footage. Prominent themes include characters' denials of their pasts, the consequences of dishonesty, and the problematics of gender. Her films often feature heroines from fragmented families, such as young girls seeking their missing parents (The Girl) or middle-aged women looking to adopt children (Adoption).
Although Mészáros has made over fifteen feature films, she is arguably best known for Diary for My Children (1984), which won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. It was the first entry in a trilogy of autobiographical films which also includes Diary for my Lovers (1987) and Diary for my Father and Mother (1990).
Throughout her career, Mészáros has won the Golden Bear and the Silver Bear awards at the Berlinale; the Golden Medal at the Chicago International Film Festival; the Silver Shell at the San Sebastian International Film Festival; and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1991 she was a member of the jury at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival.
Director
Olga es una exitosa abogada de Viena, adicta al trabajo. Descubrirá un secreto familiar que le hará replantearse toda su vida. Empieza a buscar respuestas pero su madre, Maria, ha hecho todo lo posible para evitar que la verdad salga a la luz. Mientras Olga viaja a través de la historia pasada de su familia, tendrá que enfrentarse a su propia vida también.
Director
Márta Mészáros' father, the sculptor László Mészáros, was executed during the Stalinist purges of the Soviet Union. The director addressed her father's fate in many of her earlier films, but this time, she focuses on her mother, Vilma Kovács.
Writer
Conjunto de episodios en los que se denuncia la degradación actual de la sociedad y de las instituciones políticas del país.
Director
Conjunto de episodios en los que se denuncia la degradación actual de la sociedad y de las instituciones políticas del país.
Self
Reconstructions of unrealized Hungarian films in cooperation with the greatest Hungarian film directors.
Director
Péter, a literary critic, is tasked by the secret police to persuade Social Democratic politician, Anna Kéthly, who has been living in exile for decades, to return home.
Screenplay
One of the doyennes of Hungarian film deals with a dark period of national history: the Soviet regime in Hungary. She portrays it through the fate of the former prime minister and national hero, Imre Nagy. The script is based on the diary written by Imre Nagy, and the memories of his daughter, Erzsébet Nagy, as well as authentic documents and records.
Director
One of the doyennes of Hungarian film deals with a dark period of national history: the Soviet regime in Hungary. She portrays it through the fate of the former prime minister and national hero, Imre Nagy. The script is based on the diary written by Imre Nagy, and the memories of his daughter, Erzsébet Nagy, as well as authentic documents and records.
Writer
The movie is inspired by writer-director Márta Mészáros' own childhood. The film is a grim reminder of horrible days under Stalinist period when several innocent people were persecuted for no fault. A good film which allow people to know how people in Europe were tortured before second world war by dictators and authoritarian regimes.
Director
The movie is inspired by writer-director Márta Mészáros' own childhood. The film is a grim reminder of horrible days under Stalinist period when several innocent people were persecuted for no fault. A good film which allow people to know how people in Europe were tortured before second world war by dictators and authoritarian regimes.
Screenplay
A story of a mother who had to change her profession from a teacher to a high class prostitute to make a living.
Director
A story of a mother who had to change her profession from a teacher to a high class prostitute to make a living.
Screenplay
Edith Stein se ha convertido al catolicismo, después de encontrar en Cristo la respuesta a su búsqueda de la verdad, leyendo los escritos de santa Teresa de Jesús. Debido a sus orígenes judíos, la decisión le acarreará la repulsa de su propia madre y las críticas de algunos compañeros. Mientras tanto, en Alemania se vive una época muy tensa por el implacable avance del Tercer Reich. En este contexto, Edith dejará atrás su exitosa carrera como filósofa, para ingresar como novicia en un convento carmelita.
Director
Edith Stein se ha convertido al catolicismo, después de encontrar en Cristo la respuesta a su búsqueda de la verdad, leyendo los escritos de santa Teresa de Jesús. Debido a sus orígenes judíos, la decisión le acarreará la repulsa de su propia madre y las críticas de algunos compañeros. Mientras tanto, en Alemania se vive una época muy tensa por el implacable avance del Tercer Reich. En este contexto, Edith dejará atrás su exitosa carrera como filósofa, para ingresar como novicia en un convento carmelita.
Writer
This drama follows the dilemma of a young, unwillingly pregnant wife who gives her child up for adoption by a businesswoman. Anna doesn't need another mouth to feed. She can barely afford to care for the two she already has so when she discovers that she is six weeks pregnant she readily accepts the cash offer from Terez, her tough boss at the store where she works. If she will isolate herself throughout the pregnancy, secretly bear the child and immediately allow Terez to sign for it, Anna will receive $50,000. Most of the story then focuses upon Anna's emotional processes as she evaluates her choice. Included are dream segments and shots an unborn baby in the womb.
Director
This drama follows the dilemma of a young, unwillingly pregnant wife who gives her child up for adoption by a businesswoman. Anna doesn't need another mouth to feed. She can barely afford to care for the two she already has so when she discovers that she is six weeks pregnant she readily accepts the cash offer from Terez, her tough boss at the store where she works. If she will isolate herself throughout the pregnancy, secretly bear the child and immediately allow Terez to sign for it, Anna will receive $50,000. Most of the story then focuses upon Anna's emotional processes as she evaluates her choice. Included are dream segments and shots an unborn baby in the womb.
Director
The lifelong friendship of Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich.
Director
Basada en el cuento de Caperucita Roja. Tras la separación de sus padres, Fanny se traslada con su madre a una casa en el bosque. Cerca de allí viven su abuela y su bisabuela, a las que visita con frecuencia. La niña vive rodeada de fantasía y surrealismo, y su percepción de la realidad se ve alterada por un lobo que habla e intenta secuestrarla, un árbol mágico en cuyas flores se ven caras humanas y una bisabuela vidente que intentará protegerla hasta el final. Nicolás, un niño de ciudad, compartirá con ella este mundo ambiguo entre fantasía y realidad. (FILMAFFINITY)
Writer
Basada en el cuento de Caperucita Roja. Tras la separación de sus padres, Fanny se traslada con su madre a una casa en el bosque. Cerca de allí viven su abuela y su bisabuela, a las que visita con frecuencia. La niña vive rodeada de fantasía y surrealismo, y su percepción de la realidad se ve alterada por un lobo que habla e intenta secuestrarla, un árbol mágico en cuyas flores se ven caras humanas y una bisabuela vidente que intentará protegerla hasta el final. Nicolás, un niño de ciudad, compartirá con ella este mundo ambiguo entre fantasía y realidad. (FILMAFFINITY)
Writer
This story follows a young student, who is orphaned as she grows to adulthood in the shadow of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Coming from the Communist intelligentsia, she sees her friends and family react differently. Her lover, a married factory manager, supports the patriots and later assists fellow workers in staging a strike. Meanwhile her sister and others express anger at being forced from their homes during the revolution and continue to express a hatred for the rebels afterwards. But in the end they realize that for all people, real life is not possible after the revolt and its brutal suppression by the Soviets and their collaborators.
Director
This story follows a young student, who is orphaned as she grows to adulthood in the shadow of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Coming from the Communist intelligentsia, she sees her friends and family react differently. Her lover, a married factory manager, supports the patriots and later assists fellow workers in staging a strike. Meanwhile her sister and others express anger at being forced from their homes during the revolution and continue to express a hatred for the rebels afterwards. But in the end they realize that for all people, real life is not possible after the revolt and its brutal suppression by the Soviets and their collaborators.
Writer
A continuation of "Diary for My Children," the film picks up in 1950, when Juli, the diarist, is 18 and determined to become a movie director.
Director
A continuation of "Diary for My Children," the film picks up in 1950, when Juli, the diarist, is 18 and determined to become a movie director.
Writer
A Polish guest and Finnish engineer both fall for the same mysterious woman.
Director
A Polish guest and Finnish engineer both fall for the same mysterious woman.
Writer
Juli es una adolescente criada en la Unión Soviética y repatriada a Hungría en los años previos a los sucesos de 1956. Allí deberá convivir con su tía Magda, una estalinista convencida, con la que mantendrá una relación progresivamente hostil.
Director
Juli es una adolescente criada en la Unión Soviética y repatriada a Hungría en los años previos a los sucesos de 1956. Allí deberá convivir con su tía Magda, una estalinista convencida, con la que mantendrá una relación progresivamente hostil.
Writer
Anna is a stylist in Budapest. One day at a restaurant, she thinks she recognizes Marie Aubier, a 22-year-old French girl, her own daughter.
Director
Anna is a stylist in Budapest. One day at a restaurant, she thinks she recognizes Marie Aubier, a 22-year-old French girl, her own daughter.
Writer
Drama húngaro que muestra los efectos de la esterilidad y los celos en un matrimonio, sobre el trasfondo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la creciente persecución de los judíos por parte de los nazis.
Director
Drama húngaro que muestra los efectos de la esterilidad y los celos en un matrimonio, sobre el trasfondo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la creciente persecución de los judíos por parte de los nazis.
Writer
Barbara is a forty-year-old woman of Polish origin living in Budapest. She is a biologist, a wife and a mother. The death of her woman friend opens her eyes to the fact that she is lonely, unable to find her place.
Director
Barbara is a forty-year-old woman of Polish origin living in Budapest. She is a biologist, a wife and a mother. The death of her woman friend opens her eyes to the fact that she is lonely, unable to find her place.
Writer
On his return from America, András simply cannot find his place: he has lost his wife, friends and job, and he cannot even find his way back to his former great love. Eventually, as a surrogate father, he takes in a wild young girl (Zsuzsa Czinkóczi) and a particularly strong bond is formed between these two rootless people. Márta Mészáros’s remarkable movie starring Jan Nowicki and Anna Karina is about displacement, loneliness and attachment.
Director
On his return from America, András simply cannot find his place: he has lost his wife, friends and job, and he cannot even find his way back to his former great love. Eventually, as a surrogate father, he takes in a wild young girl (Zsuzsa Czinkóczi) and a particularly strong bond is formed between these two rootless people. Márta Mészáros’s remarkable movie starring Jan Nowicki and Anna Karina is about displacement, loneliness and attachment.
Screenplay
Buscando un lugar seguro donde vivir tras ser acosada por su marido, un hombre depresivo y violento, Juli se aloja en un refugio para mujeres dirigido por Mária.
Director
Buscando un lugar seguro donde vivir tras ser acosada por su marido, un hombre depresivo y violento, Juli se aloja en un refugio para mujeres dirigido por Mária.
Writer
Village-girl (Juli Kovács) arrives in the city to work in a factory. The works manager (János Bodnár) sets his eye on her, but at first the girl refuses his advance.
Director
Village-girl (Juli Kovács) arrives in the city to work in a factory. The works manager (János Bodnár) sets his eye on her, but at first the girl refuses his advance.
Director of Photography
Kata es una joven viuda que trabaja en una fábrica. Resignada a su gris existencia, con una vida de duro trabajo y viviendo en la soledad, la única cosa que dará un toque de color a su vida es su relación con un trabajador de la fábrica, casado, que ha decidido no dejar a su familia, posición que Kata acepta y respeta. (FILMAFFINITY)
Writer
Kata es una joven viuda que trabaja en una fábrica. Resignada a su gris existencia, con una vida de duro trabajo y viviendo en la soledad, la única cosa que dará un toque de color a su vida es su relación con un trabajador de la fábrica, casado, que ha decidido no dejar a su familia, posición que Kata acepta y respeta. (FILMAFFINITY)
Director
Kata es una joven viuda que trabaja en una fábrica. Resignada a su gris existencia, con una vida de duro trabajo y viviendo en la soledad, la única cosa que dará un toque de color a su vida es su relación con un trabajador de la fábrica, casado, que ha decidido no dejar a su familia, posición que Kata acepta y respeta. (FILMAFFINITY)
Writer
Jutka, a young woman who works in a factory, falls in love with Andras, a university student. She pretends to be a student, to him and to his parents, and begins to live a lie. Finally she rebels against Andras and his demands and the social conventions that forced her to live a lie.
Director
Jutka, a young woman who works in a factory, falls in love with Andras, a university student. She pretends to be a student, to him and to his parents, and begins to live a lie. Finally she rebels against Andras and his demands and the social conventions that forced her to live a lie.
Director
Young Petőfi Zoltán the son of the great Hungarian poet, Petőfi Sándor, feels as though he were a stranger in the house of his mother and stepfather. Off he goes, finding work in Debrecen, where his theatrical and literary career and love all seem to be on their way.
Director
Savanyú and his friend work at a plant. After the monotonous shifts they engage in the pleasures of the afternoon and the night, i.e. parties and concerts. Savanyú dates Juli, they are already engaged. The young men live as sub-tenants, the young women in workers' hostels. None of these places are suited for spending time together. They are in need of an apartment. Out of the ruinous apartment which they lay siege on, however, they are sent away by the otherwise friendly policeman. At a concert held in the Park of Youth, Juli gets to know Géza. They flirt, then go to the country with a pop-group. Savanyú and his friends follow them. A minor fight cools the atmosphere.
Screenplay
Edit, who became the wife of a politician out of a simple peasant girl, suddenly becomes a widow as a result of an accident. She never loved her husband. She lives a wealthy and lonely life amidst false friends, facing one of the last alternatives of her life, i.e. having to face her past in the hope of an independent new beginning.
Director
Edit, who became the wife of a politician out of a simple peasant girl, suddenly becomes a widow as a result of an accident. She never loved her husband. She lives a wealthy and lonely life amidst false friends, facing one of the last alternatives of her life, i.e. having to face her past in the hope of an independent new beginning.
Writer
A young woman leaves a state orphanage to find her mother in this interesting examination of how the overt repression of women in the older pattern of village life has been replaced by the more subtle exploitation inherent in the apparently freer existence of young girls in the contemporary city.
Director
A young woman leaves a state orphanage to find her mother in this interesting examination of how the overt repression of women in the older pattern of village life has been replaced by the more subtle exploitation inherent in the apparently freer existence of young girls in the contemporary city.
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A documentary investigation about an unwanted child of divorced parents.
Director
A documentary investigation about an unwanted child of divorced parents.
