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Video release poster
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| Directed by | Márta Mészáros |
| Written by | Gyula Hernádi Márta Mészáros Ferenc Grunwalsky |
| Starring | Katalin Berek Gyöngyvér Vigh Péter Fried |
| Cinematography | Lajos Koltai Márta Mészáros |
| Edited by | Éva Kármentő |
| Music by | György Kovács |
| Distributed by | Kino Video |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Hungary |
| Language | Hungarian |
Adoption (Hungarian: Örökbefogadás) is a 1975 Hungarian drama film directed by Márta Mészáros. It was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Bear.[1] The film was also selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]
The film tells the story of Kata, a 42-year-old female factory worker who lives alone near a residential care facility for abandoned children. She has a relationship with a married man, with whom she would like to have a child. He declines the offer, and the woman becomes interested in Anna, a girl from the children's home. She helps Anna marry her boyfriend, and decides to adopt a baby from the orphanage.
As Mészáros' Nine Months (1976), Adoption starts with a semi-documentary sequence shot inside a factory.
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