''Tamas and Juli'' () is a 1997 Hungarian

romantic film Romance films 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 through d ...

directed by

Ildikó Enyedi Ildikó Enyedi (; born 15 November 1955) is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for directing ''On Body and Soul'', which won the top prize at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival among other awards, and was nom ...

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

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, 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 ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' writes that Enyedi "communicates romance elliptically, through the lovers' hesitations, doleful expressions, and broad smiles."

References

External links

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1997 films Films directed by Ildikó Enyedi Hungarian romance films 1990s romance films {{1990s-romance-film-stub