Emerenc, an elderly and private woman, is hired to be the housekeeper of a struggling writer, Magda. An event in the writer's life prompts Emerenc to disclose details of her traumatizing past, which will bond the two women forever. Based on the novel by Magda Szabó.
Acting
Mirren's physical transformation and buried volcanic rage.
Production
Budapest's Communist-era apartments as emotional prison.
Director
István Szabó
Helen Mirren
Emerenc Szeredás
Martina Gedeck
Magda
Károly Eperjes
Tibor
Péter Andorai
Mr. Brodarics
Enikő Börcsök
Sutu
Gábor Koncz
The Lt. Colonel
Lajos Kovács
Handyman
Marozsán Erika
Évike Grossmann
Mari Nagy
Adél
Csaba Pindroch
Emerenc's Nephew
Ági Szirtes
Polett
Ildikó Tóth
Doctor
Anna Szandtner
Young Emerenc
Réka Tenki
Emerenc's Mother
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