Cast
Kati Berek Gyöngyvér Vigh 
László Szabó
Credits
Written by: 
Márta Mészáros
Plot
A middle-aged widow who works in a factory wants a child and befriends a young girl in a children's home.
Sinekatalog’s take
Márta Mészáros's quiet drama follows a middle-aged factory widow who wants a child and befriends a girl from a children's home. Kati Berek is quietly superb in a humane, feminist and Golden Bear-winning portrait.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (1,739 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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