My 20th century
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | My 20th century |
| Original title | Az én XX. századom |
| Country of production | Hungary , Germany |
| original language | Hungarian |
| Publishing year | 1989 |
| length | 103 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ildikó Enyedi |
| script | Ildikó Enyedi |
| production |
Gábor Hanák , Norbert Friedländer |
| music | László Vidovszky |
| camera | Tibor Máthé |
| cut | Mária Rigó |
| occupation | |
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My 20th Century (Original Az én XX. Századom ) was the successful first film by the Hungarian film director Ildikó Enyedi , which received the Golden Camera for the best newcomer film on the occasion of the 42nd Cannes International Film Festival in 1989 .
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The film begins in 1880 with the birth of two twin sisters, Lili and Thóra. A few years later they are mysteriously separated from each other when they sell sulfur sticks in the wintry streets of Budapest (a reference to Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale). In the future, they will walk different paths in life, which, however, cross each other several times. Thóra becomes a femme fatale , a sexual connoisseur, while her virgin sister develops into a political anarchist .
On the Orient Express , on December 31, 1900, at exactly the turn of the century, the fates of the two are linked again - they unknowingly fall in love with the same man (who subsequently, somewhat confused, experiences love with his partner and then experiences it again as puritanical). The technical and social background of the time, such as the increasing use of electricity or the debate about the emancipation of women, is woven into the melancholy, cheerful story of the twins. The uptight Lili, for example, hears a lecture by Otto Weininger about the two possible roles of woman, whore or virgin / mother.
Dorota Segda shines in this black and white film in the triple role of the twins and their mother.
In a period in which many Hungarian filmmakers indulged in gloomy apocalyptic end-time visions, this modest film set a much-noticed counter-accent with its poetic imagery and cheerful melancholy mood.
Reviews
“The retrospect [...] works with time shifts, reflective refractions and an often fairytale-magical pictorial poetry and makes clear hopes and expectations at the end of the 19th century that history has not fulfilled. A discussion worth discussing the problem of belief in progress, the loss of contact with the transcendent and the inconsistency of people between long life expectancies and the unwillingness to reorient themselves. "
Web links
- My 20th century in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ My 20th Century. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 13, 2017 .