A baby on a train, a widow's mercy, and a man who can't love what isn't his.
Dani, the few-month-old little boy born outside marriage is left by Eszter in the lap of her companion on the train. The widowed Aranka takes him willingly to her. The child is already ten years old and has a good life with Aranka. Then Géza enters their life and he does not welcome the child of someone else.
Acting
Klári Tolnay's restrained grief anchors every frame.
Direction
Szemes lets silence do the screaming.
Director
Mihály Szemes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the brief thaw of Hungary's 1956 revolution aftermath, the film subtly critiques state definitions of 'legitimate' family structures.
Child actor György Weiser never appeared on screen again — this remains his only performance, captured at age ten.
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