MAYBE TOMORROW

Majd holnap… (1979)

Directed by Judit Elek

Screenplay by György Pethő

Director of photography: Elemér Ragályi

Cast: Judit Meszléry, Andor Lukáts, Eszter Szakács, István Szőke, Hédi Temessy, Miklós Székely B.

Genre: drama

Production: Hunnia Stúdió

Technical specs: colour, 105 min

Format: 1.37:1, 4K restored, grading supervised by Elemér Ragályi, DP

AWARDS AND SELECTIONS: 1980 – Locarno Film Festival – FIPRESCI Prize

1866. Members of the Szendrey family gather to celebrate the name-day of the younger daughter, Mária. While politely going through the rituals of the family reunion, everyone airs their own particular grievances going back decades. Júlia Szendrey is sick and wants to leave her second husband, Árpád Horváth. Her sister Mária finds it hard to control her hatred because her husband, Pál Gyulai, has always loved Júlia. István Petőfi, yearning for Mária, announces that he is not prepared to look after the worthless Zoltán Petőfi. Tamped-down emotions and contradictions keep flaring up time and again. The film is tainted by regretted compromises and an air of bitterness, it is about the great Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi even though he is nowhere to be seen in it.