Jadviga’s Pillow (2000)

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Country: Hungary
Genres: Drama
Release: 2000-03-30
Director: Krisztina Deák
Writers: Krisztina Deák , Pál Závada
Language: Hungarian
Stars: Ildikó Tóth , Viktor Bodó , Roman Luknár , Mari Csomós , Djoko Rosic , Béla Fesztbaum , Eszter Ónodi , Marián Labuda , Peter Simun , Sándor Csányi
Runtime: 130 min
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
AKA: Jadviga párnája (Canada) , Jadviga párnája , Schatten der Liebe (Germany) , Jadviga's Pillow , Jadviga párnája (Hungary)
Plot: The film is the filmed version of Pál Závada's novel of the same title, which was first published in 1997 and soon became a bestseller. The story takes place during World War I and afterwards in a small town in south-eastern Hungary. It tells about the unhappy marriage between a young man, Ondris, who is a member of the Slovak minority of the town, and his wife Jadviga. She can't return his devotion towards her and starts a love affair with Franci, a lawyer. The film tells the history of this unhappy relationship between a passionate country man and his equally passionate, but much more erudite wife who wants something more from life but can't get it. There is also some historic background: the breakup of the Hapsburg monarchy, the independence movement of the Hungarian Slovaks, led in the story by a ridiculous priest, etc. But this only remains the backdrop for the story of an unhappy "ménage à trois".
IMDB:tt0213733