"Maria's Day"
1985
Directed by Judit Elek

One of the most acclaimed recent Hungarian films, Judit Elek's Maria's Day is set 17 years after the failed revolution of 1848. An aristocratic family gathers at the home of Ignac Czendrey to celebrate his youngest daughter's Name Day. In the course of the one day, the unusual past and present of the Czendrey family are unfolded. The family is related to the revolutionary and legendary poet Sandor Petofi and desperately tries to live up to the Petofi myth. They dream of a heroic new epoch, but while they dream, the mundaneness of the present overcomes them. A powerful and moving film. Hungarian with English subtitles.
113 minutes.