''Lovefilm'' ( hu, Szerelmesfilm) is a 1970 Hungarian
drama film
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written and directed by
István Szabó
István Szabó (; born 18 February 1938) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director.
Szabó is one of the most notable Hungarian filmmakers and one who has been best known outside the Hungarian-speaking world since the ...
. The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
43rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
''Lovefilm'' is a film that is a cinematic imagery of the unspoken and untold aspects of love and hope between individuals. It depicts love between two
childhood
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sweet hearts who continue to share strong bond and friendship through their adulthood though they quite do not define it as a love relationship for most part. They continue to refer to their relation as friends or childhood friendship or even introduce each other to their friends as 'like my brother' and 'like my sister'. It thus depicts love and undefined relationships that is experienced by most humans in their lives. Hence the musical and lucid title of 'Serelmesfilm' or 'Lovefilm'.
Non linear imagery
Picturizing the undefined and unspoken nature of love between individuals that exists mostly in the minds of people, the film editing and flow is non linear and has constant transitions back and forth between images of childhood memories during
World War II
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Nazi
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occupied
Hungary
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and the
Soviet
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communist party controlled 1950s schooling and the early 1960s university days. It also echoes the tense times of 1956 and the feeling of nostalgia in the early 1970s. This gives the motion picture subject of
love
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as an experience as largely in one's mind and mostly non linguistic and unspoken and expressed in silence and through the passage of time and experiences.
Cast
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András Bálint
András Bálint (born 26 April 1943) is a Hungarian actor. He has appeared in more than 75 films and television shows since 1958.
Selected filmography
* ''Father'' (1966)
* '' The Confrontation'' (1969)
* '' Szerelmesfilm'' (1970)
* '' Trotta' ...
as Jancsi
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Judit Halász as Kata
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Edit Kelemen as younger Kata
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András Szamosfalvi as younger Jancsi
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Flóra Kádár
Flóra Kádár (; 4 August 1928 – 3 January 2003) was a Hungarian actress. She was known for her roles of ''Mrs. Hackl'' in the film Sunshine, ''Redl's sister'' in the film Colonel Redl, and ''Erzsi, Jóska's wife'' in the film Adoption.
L ...
See also
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References
External links
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1970 films
1970 drama films
1970s Hungarian-language films
Films directed by István Szabó
Hungarian drama films
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