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Another Way (1982 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Another Way' , is a 1982 Hungarian film directed by Kroly Makk about an affair between two women. It is based on a semi-autobiographical novella 'Another Love' ('Trvnyen bell') by Erzsbet Galgczi (193089), who co-wrote the screenplay with Makk. It won the Best Actress award at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival for Jadwiga Jankowska-Cielak and was nominated for the Palme d'Or.
The film was a notable cult film for lesbian audiences in Cold War HungaryEvans, Jennifer, Cook, Matt, "Queer Cities, Queer Cultures: Europe since 1945", Bloomsbury, 2014 - https://books.google.be/books?id=r6zDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA196&lpg=PA196#v=onepage&q=lesbian%20cult%20film and Poland.
Plot
At Christmas 1958 in Hungary, the body of va Szalnczky, an apparent murder victim, is recovered from a forest. In hospital, Livia Horvth, bandaged around her neck is recuperating, and is told that she will be unable to live her life as before; the reason is not made explicit.
The lesbian va, 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 a policeman, who warns Livia that her husband and employer will be informed if she is found in the same uncompromising position again. va is arrested, but soon released.
At a collective farm, va 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. va and Livia have a brief affair. The previously mild Dnci Horvth, an army officer, shoots his wife while she in the bath after her confession of love for va. Livia survives and her husband is imprisoned for the offence. At the hospital, Livia rejects va, who then journeys to the countryside. At night, va is challenged to stop walking by border guards, but is shot dead when she fails to do.
Cast
The two main characters are played by Polish actresses Jadwiga Jankowska-Cielak and Grayna Szapoowska. They actually performed their parts in Polish throughout but in the released film their voices were dubbed into Hungarian by Ildik Bnsgi and Judit Herndi respectively.
* Jadwiga Jankowska-Cielak as va Szalnczky
* Ildik Bnsgi as va Szalnczky (voice)
* Grayna Szapoowska as Livia Horvth
* Judit Herndi as Livia Horvth (voice)
* Jozef Kroner as Erds
* Gyula Szab as Erds (voice)
* Pter Andorai as Dnci Horvth, Lvia's husband
References
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