Today, Love is considered a classic of world cinema by critics including Derek Malcolm and Roger Ebert. The film was selected for screening as part of the Cannes Classics section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[2] It was also chosen to be part of the New Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 2000.[3]
Nóra Káldi - Az öregasszony fiatalon (as Káldy Nóra)
Historical background
In 1953 after the death of Soviet premier Joseph Stalin many arrested people were released in Hungary. In Love, Makk tells the story of a young Hungarian woman whose husband has been arrested by the secret police, and who eases his mother's last months with the tale that her son is in America.
Reception
Love won three prizes, including the Jury Prize at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival.[4] It has also been acclaimed in recent years; Derek Malcolm ranked it one of The Guardian's 100 best films of the 20th century.
