Description:At Christmas 1958 in Hungary, the body of Éva Szalánczky, an apparent murder victim, is recovered from a forest. In hospital, Livia Horváth, bandaged around her neck, is recuperating and is told that she will be unable to live her life as before.
We then flashback to the two women's first meeting and the events leading up to ÉAt Christmas 1958 in Hungary, the body of Éva Szalánczky, an apparent murder victim, is recovered from a forest. In hospital, Livia Horváth, bandaged around her neck, is recuperating and is told that she will be unable to live her life as before.
We then flashback to the two women's first meeting and the events leading up to Éva's death and Livia's disabilty: Éva, already known to the authorities for her private life, begins a new job as a journalist at The Truth, a weekly periodical, and meets the married Livia when the two women share an office.
The attraction is immediate but Livia is initially resistant. Late at night, while kissing in darkness on a park bench, the women are discovered by two policemen, who warn Livia that her husband and employer will be informed if she is found in the same uncompromising position again. Éva is arrested but soon released.
On an assignment at a collective farm, Éva finds the authorities have blocked an attempt at a more democratic way of organising their cooperative venture. Her understanding editor, a supporter of the short-lived government of the recently executed Imre Nagy, refuses to publish the article and she resigns before she is sacked.
Éva and Livia have a brief affair. The previously mild Dönci Horváth, an army officer, shoots his wife while she in the bath after her confession of love for Éva and intention of leaving him for her. Livia survives and her husband is imprisoned for the offence.
At the hospital, Livia rejects Éva, who then journeys to the countryside. At night, Éva is challenged to stop walking by border guards but is shot dead when she fails to do so.
"Title: Egymasra nezve (Hungary, 1982)
Director: Károly Makk
Spine number: #8
Other: Contains an introduction to the film by its director Karoly Makk and a booklet featuring essay on the film by critic Andrew James Horton.
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