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Twin girls, Dóra and Lili, are born in Budapest at the very moment that Edison’s electric light-bulb is unveiled to the world. Separated in childhood, their lives follow radically different paths: one grows up to an anarchist, the other a courtesan – until they meet once again on the Orient Express on New Year’s Eve 1899.
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Cast:
Dorota Segda, Oleg Yankovsky, Paulus Manker, Péter Andorai, Gábor Máté -
Original Title:
Az én XX. századom -
Country:
Hungary, Germany, Cuba -
Year:
1989 - 103'
Director
Ildikó Enyedi
Born in Budapest, Hungary, on November 15th 1955, Ildikó Enyedi is a director and screenwriter, having also developed a career as a visual and conceptual artist. Her first film, My Twentieth Century, was considered one of the twelve best Hungarian films ever. Two other films of hers that stand out are Simon, the Magician (1999) and On Body and Soul (2017), both present at the Berlin and Locarno Festivals. The Story of My Wife (2021) is her latest film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2021.
