Mrs. Dery Where Are You?

A slow, melancholic character study of an aging actress, watching her grapple with fading fame and changing art.

Directed by

Gyula Maár

Genres

Drama

Starring

Mari Törőcsik, Ferenc Kállai, Mária Sulyok

Overview

Dery is a grande dame actress of the Sarah Bernhardt school of big-gesture theater. Her beauty and popularity is fading, and a new school of acting which involves the use of one's own emotions (a-la Eleanora Duse) is emerging in the person of her younger Viennese rival. She thinks of retiring from the stage, and reunites briefly with her estranged husband in a newly-built manor in the country. Finding that life there is boring, she returns to town, the theater, and her old friends.

How it feels

Melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Identity, aging, art, isolation

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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