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Another Way

Another Way

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 1, 1982

Runtime

1h 42m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

54%

Original Title

Egymasra nezve

Production Companies

Meridian Films, Mafilm

Director

Károly Makk

Description

Political and sexual repression in Hungary, just after the revolution of 1956. In 1958, the body of Eva Szalanczky, a political journalist, is discovered near the border. Her friend Livia is in hospital with a broken neck; Livia's husband, Donci, is under arrest. In a flashback to the year before, we see what leads up to the tragedy. Eva gets a job as a writer. She meets Livia and is attracted to her. Livia feels much the same, but as a married woman, has doubts and hesitations. In their work, they (and Eva in particular) bang up against the limits of telling political truths; in private, they confront the limits of living out sexual and emotional truth.