Another Way (1982)

Political and sexual repression in Hungary just after the revolution of 1956 In 1958 the body of Eva Szalanczky a political journalist is discovered near the border Her friend Livia is in hospital with a broken neck Livias husband Donci is under arrest In a flashback to the year before we see what leads up to the tragedy Eva gets a job as a writer She meets Livia and is attracted to her Livia feels much the same but as a married woman has doubts and hesitations In their work they and Eva in particular bang up against the limits of telling political truths in private they confront the limits of living out sexual and emotional truth