Erzsebet Gaal Movies

This European epic is seven hours long. It is adapted from a novel by Laszlo Karsznahorkai and reflects the obsession of director Bela Tarr who began the film seven years ago. It took two full years to film this opus. The story is presented through a series of chapters of varying lengths with titles like "The News That They are Coming," "We, the Resurrected," "The Freeze," "Only Problems and Work." and finally "The Circle Is Completed." The enormously complex saga is centered in an abandoned farm machinery plant upon a Hungarian plain. There live a small band of hobos including three couples, a doctor with a drinking problem. All of them want to leave and they will do anything they can to do it. A set series of events occurs, but the story presents those events from each of the different character's viewpoints. The film ends on an ironic note. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Pregnancy behind the Iron Curtain is the subject of this serious drama. The story centers around an obstetrician-gynecologist in her mid-thirties. She is divorced and works in a small hospital. She gets pregnant by her lover. Now she is faced with the decision of whether or not to keep the baby. On one hand, her biological clock is ticking and she wants to have children. On the other hand, being a single parent brings a lot of pressure and responsibility. Her lover, who is married, provides little help. Her lover's wife tries to make her feel guilty. To help her make her decision, she begins listening to tapes of her patients telling tales of their mother. The movie ends before the woman makes a decision about whether or not to abort. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi