Adoption

Adoption

89 mins | Drama | Sept. 25, 1975

When middle-aged Kata realises that her life will only be complete if she has a baby of her own, her longstanding-but-married boyfriend Joska refuses to comply. But by developing an unlikely friendship with the angst-ridden teenage orphan Anna, who is also involved in a controversial relationship, Kata discovers aspects of herself, and her role as a woman, that have gone unexamined throughout her entire, lonely life.

Adoption

89 mins | Drama | Sept. 25, 1975

Adoption
When middle-aged Kata realises that her life will only be complete if she has a baby of her own, her longstanding-but-married boyfriend Joska refuses to comply. But by developing an unlikely friendship with the angst-ridden teenage orphan Anna, who is also involved in a controversial relationship, Kata discovers aspects of herself, and her role as a woman, that have gone unexamined throughout her entire, lonely life.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Hunnia Filmstúdió, Hungarofilm
Original title Örökbefogadás
Directors Márta Mészáros
Writers Ferenc Grunwalsky, Márta Mészáros, Gyula Hernádi

Cast

Katalin Berek

as Kata Csentes

Gyöngyvér Vigh

as Anna Bálint

Péter Fried

as Sanyi

László Szabó

as Jóska

Flóra Kádár

as Erzsi, Jóska's wife

Janos Boross

as Anna's father

Erzsi Varga

as Anna's mother

István Kaszás

as Head of the Institute