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My 20th Century

Ildikó Enyedis fairytale-like, unconventional ironic film luminaire was awarded the Camera d'Or at Cannes in 1989. On the eve of the 20th century, two twin girls, Lili the anarchist and Dóra a luxurious woman of loose morals, along with Mr. Z. who loves them as an entity, all reach the Hungarian border at the same time on board the Orient Express. Their story, rushing under the spell of Edisons inventions, is a special research of happiness, reclaiming the mass murdering century from the restlessly changing world and the miracle of existence. Tarkovskys fabulous actor, Oleg Yankovsky, performs an unforgettable double with the young Polish actress Dorotha Segda. The complete 4K digital restoration of the film was carried out at the Hungarian Filmlab, supervised by the Hungarian Film Fund Hungarian National Film Archive in 2017. Digital grading was supervised by cinematographer Tibor Máthé.

"Its a true beauty, masterfully edited by Maria Rigo and unforgettably photographed by Tibor Máthé. The opening scenes almost invite us to gaze in awe at the quality of crisp white light and velvet darkness in the film theres no reason that you should stop gazing as it continues." - Pamela Hutchinson, Silent London

Its a bracing combination of wit, invention, common sense and lunacy. Its a gravely comic meditation on civilization at the turn of this century. - Vincent Canby, The New York Times

My 20th Century, photographed by Tibor Máthé, must be one of the most handsome black-and-white films since Federico Fellinis 8 1/2. It is also enormously good humored. - Vincent Canby, The New York Times

Serendipitous is the word for Ildiko Enyedis My 20th Century, an effervescent Hungarian celebration of electricity, love, movies and the infinite possibilities of man, woman and the chimpanzee. - Judy Stone, San Francisco Chronicle