The Girl (1968) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1968 · 81 mins · Hungarian

Directed by

Márta Mészáros

Starring

László Szabó, Kati Kovács, Harsányi Gábor, Zsolt Körtvélyessy, András Kozák, Zsuzsa Pálos

After leaving a state orphanage, a young woman embarks on a quest to locate her mother. The film juxtaposes the overt oppression women faced in traditional village life with the more insidious exploitation that pervades the seemingly liberated world of contemporary urban youth, offering a nuanced view of modern gender dynamics.