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Adoption

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Adoption is a 1975 Hungarian drama directed by Marta Meszaros. It follows Kata, a 42-year-old factory worker who lives alone near a residential care facility for abandoned children and seeks to adopt a child after her married lover refuses to have one with her. The film won the Golden Bear at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival, becoming the first female-directed film to take the award, and was submitted by Hungary for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 48th Academy Awards. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Hungarian 1
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1975 1
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  • Adoption, Description, original language
    Adoption is a 1975 Hungarian drama directed by Marta Meszaros.
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    Adoption (Hungarian: Örökbefogadás) is a 1975 Hungarian drama film directed by Márta Mészáros.
  • Created By: Márta Mészáros, Infobox: director
    Márta Mészáros
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