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| István Szabó: Bizalom / Confidence (HU 1979) with Ildikó Bánsági (Kata) and Péter Andorai (Janos). |
HU 1979. PC: Objektiv Filmstudio.
D+SC: István Szabó. DP: Lajos Koltai. CAST: Ildikó Bánsági (Kata), Péter Andorai (Janos).
117 min.
A Filmunio print with English subtitles.
Viewed at Cinema Orion, 5 June 2009.
A worn print, turned red, shortened by 10 min and badly battered in previous venues.
Revisited: an intensive chamber piece that I had previously seen only on tv, very tired.
One of Szabó's best films, still strong, it has stood the test of time well.
Life during the final period of the Nazi occupation in Budapest, when the terror and the persecution were at their worst. This is, however, not a Holocaust story. It's the personal story of the wife of a resistance fighter, who has to lead a double life during the final year of the Nazi occupation. She has to assume a false identity, living in isolation in a room with a fake husband, also a Resistance fighter.
It is about the constant fear of the small detail giving one away.
Elliptic montage.
Ildikó Bánsági has the same kind of nobility in her demeanour as Ingrid Bergman.
Life under extreme pressure. "It does not matter where you are as long as you are at ease with yourself".
This is also an erotic film: sex with the perfect stranger. The sex scenes belong to the best in the history of the cinema, thanks to Ildikó Bánsági's delicate candour.
After the liberation the terror and the persecution start again under a different banner.
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