''Tamas and Juli'' ( hu, Tamás és Juli) is a 1997 Hungarian
romantic film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...
directed by
Ildikó Enyedi
Ildikó Enyedi (; born 15 November 1955) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Her 2017 film '' On Body and Soul'' won the top prize at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and went on to be nominated for a Foreign Language Acad ...
for the
2000, Seen By... project.
Plot
In a small town, Tamas, a coal miner, meets Juli, a kindergarten teacher, and begins dating her. Their first dates are always disrupted, but they end with a date on
New Year's Eve, 1999.
Production
The film was produced for the
2000, Seen By... project,
initiated by the French company Haut et Court to produce films depicting the approaching turn of the millennium seen from the perspectives of 10 different countries.
[Yoram Allon, Del Cullen, Hannah Patterson, ''Contemporary North American Film Directors: A Wallflower Critical Guide'', Wallflower Press, 2002, p. 367.]
Reception
Deborah Young of ''
Variety
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Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
'' called ''Tamas and Juli'' "a slight but sensitively handled love story," and "a decent, warmhearted examination of the difficulties of young love." Ted Shen of the ''
Chicago Reader'' writes that Enyedi "communicates romance elliptically, through the lovers' hesitations, doleful expressions, and broad smiles."
References
External links
*
Tamás és Juliat
Rotten Tomatoes
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1997 films
Films directed by Ildikó Enyedi
Hungarian romance films
1990s romance films
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