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MARIA’S DAY
Mária-nap (1983)
Directed by Judit Elek
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Screenplay by György Pethő
Director of photography: Emil Novák
Music: Ferenc Liszt
Cast: Edit Handel, Éva Igó, Tamás Fodor, Imre Csiszár, Lajos Kovács, Sándor Szabó
Genre: drama
Production: Objektív Stúdió
Technical specs: colour, 119 min
Format: 1.37:1, 4K restored, grading supervised by Emil Novak DP
AWARDS:
Cannes, 1984, Un Certain Regard, Sélection Officielle
Budapest, 1984, National Film Festival, Best Photography Award to Emil Novák, Best Actress Prize to Edit Handel
USA Sales Agent: Milosh Strelik
In a modest Rusyn village where most earn a living as log rafters, the men are preparing for yet another trip. The women find it hard to let them go, as if sensing what awaits them. Rafting down the river Tisza, they come across the body of Eszter Solymosi, and thus become ensnared in the infamous Tiszaeszlár trial. After Márianap (Maria’s Day) and her TV film on Ignác Martinovics, Judit Elek once again took up a historical subject; having examined the case notes, she decided to make a film about the notorious Tiszaeszlár show trial from the perspective of the loggers who were accused of corpse smuggling.
