The ELTE–NFI University Film Club continues the series of screenings and discussions. We welcome university citizens from all faculties of ELTE.
„Where foreign soldiers – as allies or conquerors – establish contact with the population of a country, children are born out of wedlock.” – says Dr. Barbara Stelzl-Marx, a renowned researcher on the subject and Vice-Chair of the Austrian Commission for the UN. „Hungary underwent similar traumas during the Soviet occupation, but the search for Hungarian 'war children' has barely begun. We must admit that the war is still not over.” – said the director, Márta Mészáros.
Aurora Borealis – Northern Lights is a twisty family story that explores the depths of the relationship between mother and daughter, across two timelines. Olga, a successful lawyer living in Vienna, finds her elderly mother Maria unexpectedly in a coma. While Mary hovers between life and death, Olga discovers a deeply hidden secret. Her increasingly passionate search takes her back to post-war Europe in the 1950s, where she finds herself at the end of her journey: a man she never knew before. The film speaks with a woman's sensitivity in unusual situations about the drama of identity crisis, the never-healing wounds of war in a fragmented Europe, the passing of the dead and the liberating power of exposing lies and silences.
Date: 30 April 2025, 18.00
Venue: University Square campus (1053 Budapest, Egyetem tér 1-3. fszt., corridor next to the cloakroom)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D34RN8u9xg
The main roles are played by Ildikó Tóth, Mari Törőcsik, Franciska Törőcsik, Jákob Ladányi.
In the post-screening discussion, our guests are Ildikó Tóth, Jászai Mari Award-winning Hungarian actress, a deserving and outstanding artist, one of the main characters of the film, and Gergely Schell, a trauma counselling psychologist and family therapist.
Due to the limited number of seats, pre-registration is possible at the following link:
https://ajk.elte.hu/content/aurora-borealis-eszaki-feny-meszaros-marta-filmje-2017.e.1854
Correspondence about the film club is welcome via eltenfi.filmklub@elte.hu.
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