This drama follows the dilemma of a young, unwillingly pregnant wife who gives her child up for adoption by a businesswoman. Anna doesn't need another mouth to feed. She can barely afford to care for the two she already has so when she discovers that she is six weeks pregnant she readily accepts the cash offer from Terez, her tough boss at the store where she works. If she will isolate herself throughout the pregnancy, secretly bear the child and immediately allow Terez to sign for it, Anna will receive $50,000. Most of the story then focuses upon Anna's emotional processes as she evaluates her choice. Included are dream segments and shots an unborn baby in the womb.
Direction
Mészáros's unflinching close-ups trap you in Anna's isolation.
Cinematography
Womb POV shots that haunt without exploitation.
Director
Márta Mészáros
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made four years post-communism, the film captures Hungary's brutal economic transition where women's bodies became literal collateral.
Mészáros used actual ultrasound footage after her cinematographer's pregnancy—the flickering fetus is documentary-real.
HU
