Jadviga párnája (2000)
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Ildikó Tóth, Viktor Bodó, Roman Luknár, Mari Csomós
In a small southeastern Hungarian town during the First World War, a young Slovak-minority man’s devotion collides with his educated wife’s unfulfilled ambitions.
The story
During the First World War and shortly afterward, Ondris, a young man from the Slovak minority in a small town in southeastern Hungary, lives in an unhappy marriage with Jadviga. He is devoted to her, but she cannot return his feelings. Their relationship is shaped by a divide in outlook and education: Ondris is a passionate country man, while Jadviga is equally passionate and far more educated, with ambitions for a fuller life that remain unmet. As the marriage strains under this imbalance, Jadviga begins an affair with Franci, a lawyer.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The story takes place during the First World War and shortly afterward in a small town in southeastern Hungary. A young man named Ondris, who belongs to the town’s Slovak minority, and his wife, Jadviga, live in an unhappy marriage. She cannot return the devotion he feels for her and begins an affair with a lawyer named Franci. Their unhappy relationship unfolds between a passionate country man and his equally passionate but far more educated wife, who wants more from life but does not get it.
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