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The Door

Cast: Helen Mirren, Martina Gedeck
Director: István Szabó
Genre: Drama
Rated: M
Running Time: 94 minutes

Synopsis: Based on the award-winning novel of the same title by Hungarian author Magda Szabó, The Door from award-winning Director István Szabó (no relation) tells the story of two isolated women-each distanced from their respective worlds by vastly different circumstances-who forge an unlikely friendship over the course of their lifetimes.

Set in mid-20th century Hungary, a country at the time still overrun by the effects of the war and buried under the lingering shadows of suspicion and mistrust, The Door quietly reveals the deeply complex relationship between the newly affluent, emerging writer, Magda, with the mysterious and distant housekeeper, Emerenc. As Magda marches steadily towards professional recognition and success, Emerenc retreats to the horrors of her past, leading to an emotional discovery with tragic consequences.

Magda Szabó is a writer struggling to find not only her voice, but her readership as well since her work has been restricted by the government. When she and her husband, Tibor, move into their city flat, Magda hears of a neighbour woman who may be of help in to her in keeping house. Oddly enough, Magda is told, it won't be her decision to hire the woman, Emerenc. Instead, Emerenc will decide if Magda and her husband are the kind of family she is willing to work for. Intrigued, Magda determinedly sets out to inquire of Emerenc but their first meeting is less than encouraging and Magda departs still somewhat unsure if she has hired a housekeeper or not.

Yet Emerenc has made up her mind, as Magda discovers when Emerenc unexpectedly appears at her house to clean. Over the course of weeks at first, then months and finally years, Magda slowly comes to understand the rules and boundaries by which Emerenc lives her life. Strictly structured, rigid in her regime and absolute in her assessment of people, Emerenc has built impenetrable walls, both real and metaphoric, around her world. Whether it is to protect Emerenc from the world, or the other way around, Magda is as yet still unsure. But the two women slowly come to rely on each other for an unusual emotional support neither is willing or perhaps able, to authenticate.

When circumstances inevitably begin to change, Magda and Emerenc find themselves at a potentially devastating crossroads in their relationship. The two strong women become locked in an emotional storm; each determined not to be the first to say she needs the other. For while Emerenc's secrets and past have forced Magda by example to consider her own inadequacies, the path to forgiveness and unconditional love remains murkey at best-unless Magda can find her own heart in time.

Release Date: July 19th, 2012

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