Riddance (1973) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1973 · 81 mins · Hungarian

Directed by

Márta Mészáros

Starring

Kati Lázár, Mari Szemes, Ferenc Kállai, Marianna Moór, Földi Teri, Erzsébet Kútvölgyi

Jutka, a factory worker, falls for András, a university student, and pretends to be a student herself to gain his affection and his parents’ approval. The deception spirals, imprisoning her within social expectations, until she finally rejects András’s demands and the conventions that forced her lie, choosing to assert her own identity.