MY TWENTIETH CENTURY
Special Features: Recorded intro by director Ildikó Enyedi on Sept. 18
[AZ ÉN XX. SZÁZADOM]
30th Anniversary
Recently restored by the Hungarian National Film Archive, Hungarian filmmaker Ildikó Enyedi's 1989 debut is a fractured fairy tale set during the turn of the century Belle Époque era about two sisters, Lili and Dóra (Polish actress Dorota Segda, in a dual role), separated as young street urchins and raised separately by two mysterious top-hatted gentlemen. Lili grows up to become a passionate anarcho-feminist, the mastermind behind an imminent political assassination plot while Dóra has become a cunning adventuress, adept at separating foolish rich men from their wallets. Z (Russian actor Oleg Yankovsky, from Andrei Tarkovsky's THE MIRROR and NOSTALGIA) is the man who, having met both sisters separately but believing them to be the same person, unwittingly loves them both. "MY 20TH CENTURY is a jeu d'ésprit, a whimsical erotic fantasia of central Europe, a millennial meditation on modernity, all in black-and-white and infused with the spirit of early cinema, with distinct touches of Buster Keaton and a playful attitude to sex, comparable to Milan Kundera." — Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian. Nearly 20 years after making MY TWENTIETH CENTURY, Enyedi made a triumphant return to the international stage with her 2017 Golden Bear winner ON BODY AND SOUL, the top award, serving as a perfect bookend to the Camera d'Or for best first feature film that she won at Cannes in 1989. DIR/SCR Ildikó Enyedi; PROD Gábor Hanák. Hungary/West Germany/Cuba, 1989, b&w, 89 min. In Hungarian with English subtitles. NOT RATED
4K digital restoration by the Hungarian National Film Archive.
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 89 Minutes
Opening Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Genre: Comedy-drama
