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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.

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Release Year
1975 1
Genre
Drama 1
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Original Language
Hungarian 1
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1. Adoption (film) (Wikipedia)
  • Adoption, Description, original language
    Adoption is a 1975 Hungarian drama directed by Marta Meszaros.
  • Lead sentence
    Adoption (Hungarian: Örökbefogadás) is a 1975 Hungarian drama film directed by Márta Mészáros.
  • Created By: Márta Mészáros, Infobox: director
    Márta Mészáros
  • In Medium: Film, Lead
    Adoption (Hungarian: Örökbefogadás) is a 1975 Hungarian drama film directed by Márta Mészáros.
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