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Marta Meszaros

Highest Rated: 100% Adoption (1975)

Lowest Rated: 100% Adoption (1975)

Birthday: Sep 19, 1931

Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary

Key figure of Hungarian cinema who has dealt almost exclusively with the situation of women in contemporary society. Meszaros began her career working on newsreels in Budapest and joined the Mafilm Group 4 film unit in 1966. She made her feature debut with "The Girl" (1968), a poignant study of a young woman's search for affection which staked out several of the director's main concerns. Here, and in later features such as "Riddance" (1973) and "Adoption" (1975), Meszaros brings stylish camerawork and finely tuned powers of observation to bear on contemporary sexual, psychological, social and inter-generational relationships. She is perhaps best known for her autobiographical account of the Stalinist period, "Diary for My Children" (1982), which uses newsreel footage and clips from 1950s features to weave a complex, personal and political portrait of the era. Withheld from distribution in the West for two years, "Diary" finally won a Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1984. Meszaros has been married three times: to documentarian Laszlo Karda; to director Miklos Jancso; and, most recently, to Polish actor Jan Nowicki, who has appeared in films by his wife as well as several other leading directors.

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Highest rated movies

100% 83% Adoption
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Bye Bye Red Riding Hood
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The Heiresses
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Blow-Ball
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Nine Months
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Diary for My Mother and Father
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Córy szczęścia
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Binding Sentiments
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Riddance
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Girl
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aurora Borealis: Északi fény Director,
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- 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Córy szczęścia Director,
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- 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diary for My Mother and Father Director,
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- 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bye Bye Red Riding Hood Director,
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- 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Diary for My Lovers Director - 1987
No Score Yet 100% Diary for My Children Director,
Screenwriter
- 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Heiresses Director,
Writer
- 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Two of Them Director,
Screenwriter
- 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nine Months Director,
Screenwriter
- 1976
100% 83% Adoption Director - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Riddance Director,
Screenwriter
- 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Szép Lányok ne Sírjatok Director - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Binding Sentiments Director,
Screenwriter
- 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Girl Director,
Screenwriter
- 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girl Director - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blow-Ball Director - 1965