Just Like at Home

Year: 1978

Runtime: 108 mins

Language: Hungarian

Director: Márta Mészáros

DramaComedy

Returning from America, András discovers his life shattered—his wife, friends and job are gone, and he can’t locate his former great love. He assumes a surrogate‑father role, caring for a wild young girl (Zsuzsa Czinkóczi), and the two rootless souls forge a powerful bond. Márta Mészáros’s striking film, starring Jan Nowicki and Anna Karina, explores displacement, loneliness and the longing for attachment.

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