The Girl

A young woman leaves a state orphanage to find her mother in this interesting examination of how the overt repression of women in the older pattern of village life has been replaced by the more subtle exploitation inherent in the apparently freer existence of young girls in the contemporary city.

Director: Márta Mészáros

Cast: Kati Kovács, Teri Horváth, Ádám Szirtes, Gábor Agárdy, Zsuzsa Pálos, András Kozák, Harsányi Gábor, Ilona Gurnik

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.