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Bookmark this pageJadviga's Pillow (1999)
Director: Krisztina Deák
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From Time Out Film Guide
Ondris (Bodó) and his Slovakian friends drunkenly celebrate his prospective marriage. Jadviga the bride (Tóth) is clothed, with deliberate care, in traditional Hungarian finery. A sense of palpable anticipation builds. Jadviga's a woman with secrets. It isn't long before the differences between the strong, passionate wife and her doting, but weak and impetuous husband lead to a rift. Disaster beckons. The tale, from a novel by Pál Závada, is set against a backdrop of violence and secession in the period before and during WWI. The fractured relationship of the antagonists, their friends and family is reflected in that of war-torn Hungary, riven by power struggles between monarchists, communists and Slovakian nationalists.Author: JFu
Cast & crew
Director: Krisztina Deák
Producer: György Marosi
Cast: Ildikó Tóth, Viktor Bodó, Roman Luknár, Mari Csomós, Eszter Ónodi, Béla Fesztbaum full cast
Duration: 127 mins
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