The best Kati Kovács’s movies
We present our ranking of the best Kati Kovács’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Kati Kovács.
The Two of Them
6.5/10
The film tells the story of two women, one runs a boardinghouse for girls and the other is a young married woman who is fleeing her passionate marriage with an uncontrollable alcoholic. After their meeting their relationship grows into a friendship and each of them has to evaluate their life and relationships with others.
The Confrontation
6.4/10
Paralleling the dramatic student protests and riots that were exploding across the world in the 1960s at the time the film was made, The Confrontation is a story of protest and rebellion in 1947 Hungary when the Communist Party have just taken power. Jancsó's first colour film is another virtuoso display by a director at the peak of his powers, and eloquently explores the complex issues and inherent problems of revolutionary democracy.
The Girl
6.9/10
A young woman leaves a state orphanage to find her mother in this interesting examination of how the overt repression of women in the older pattern of village life has been replaced by the more subtle exploitation inherent in the apparently freer existence of young girls in the contemporary city.
Miss Arizona
6.4/10
Story of the owners (Mastroianni and Schygulla) of a fancy nightclub in Budapest before and during WWII.
Binding Sentiments
6.6/10
Edit, who became the wife of a politician out of a simple peasant girl, suddenly becomes a widow as a result of an accident. She never loved her husband. She lives a wealthy and lonely life amidst false friends, facing one of the last alternatives of her life, i.e. having to face her past in the hope of an independent new beginning.
The Fatal Shot
6.5/10
This film set at the end of the sixties is based on a true story. Laci and the divorced Klári decide to commit suicide, since neither's parents give them shelter, they have no place to sleep, no decent job and no future. Béla, who lives on stealing cars, joins them He has a gun. On their way to Visegrád Klári takes her last chance and calls on her ex-lover, but Bandi does not give a damn. After drawing lots, the gun goes off and Laci falls down dead. After an apathetic love-making Klári and Béla decide to emigrate. However, they are relieved when stopped by the border sentries.
