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Confidence

1980 · 105 min

This film immerses you in a suffocating atmosphere where desperate circumstances force intense, fragile human connections to the surface.

Directed by
István Szabó
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ildikó Bánsági, Péter Andorai, Ildikó Kishonti
Overview
Janos and Kata are thrown together during the Second World War and forced to pose as husband and wife to hide from the Nazis. The intensity and suffocating intimacy of their new relationship and the circumstances in which they find themselves, forces them to confront past prejudices and assumptions and challenge what they truly believe.

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  • Klassiki
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Directed by
István Szabó
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ildikó Bánsági, Péter Andorai, Ildikó Kishonti
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • love
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • survival
Places
  • suburbs
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance7
Tension8
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
István Szabó
Written by
István Szabó
Starring
Ildikó Bánsági, Péter Andorai, Ildikó Kishonti, Lajos Balázsovits, Tamás Dunai, Zoltán Bezerédy, Oszkárné Gombik, Károly Csáki
Cinematography
Lajos Koltai
Runtime
105 min
Country
Hungary
Languages
Hungarian

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