An american rhapsody will screen tonight at the simon wiesenthal center, museum of tolerance, 9786 w. Then, the way she understands it at the time, shes stolen away from them and put on an airplane to join her real family in america. The emotional, strangerthanfiction true story its based on is that of its writerdirector, eva gardos. An american rhapsody, hungarianborn writerdirector eva gardos drama based on her own childhood, inhabits this no womans land. An american rhapsodymay be a fourhankie tearjerker, but it is a notch above the movie of the week just barely. During cold war, a hungarian family manages to escape to the west but their baby child is left behind. An american rhapsody 2001 eva gardos cast and crew. An american rhapsody is a 2001 hungarianamerican biographical drama film that tells the story of a 15yearold girl from a hungarianamerican family. Directed by eva gardos and starring scarlett johansson, tony goldwyn, nastassja kinski and agi banfalvy.
Find movie and film cast and crew information for an american rhapsody 2001 eva gardos on allmovie. Agnes browne, 1999 has written and directed her first feature, an american rhapsody, and like many first films, it seems tightly bound. By dark of night, the family attempts a daring getaway, sneaking over the heavily armed border, but at an unthinkable price their infant daughter is mistakenly left behind. The film is based on the true story of the director, eva gardos, who also wrote the script. She is known for her work on an american rhapsody 2001, apocalypse now 1979 and things to do in denver when youre dead 1995. The girl is named suzanne, and until the age of six she was raised in her native hungary by two foster parents she loved dearly. An american rhapsody 2001 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. An american rhapsody uses the wrenching childhood of writerdirector eva gardos to demonstrate how, in the name of freedom, we sometimes manage to create our own prisons. An american rhapsody 2001 is a drama movie starring scarlett johansson and nastassja kinski. But they must leave their infant daughter, suzanna, in hungary in care of a foster family. Rhapsody reveals much of writers own story washington. The first half of film editorturneddirector eva gardoss loosely autobiographical first feature is a remarkably surehanded, almost unbearably suspenseful thriller. An american rhapsody had a long gestation period through gardoss years of editing work. I had no idea that franz liszt still holds such sway over hungarian.
An american rhapsody is a biographical drama that traces the journey of a young hungarian couple who flee the communist regime in their native country in 1950 for a brighter future in america. With nastassja kinski, scarlett johansson, raffaella bansagi, tony goldwyn. This movie had scarlett johansson, nastassja kinski, tony goldwyn in the lead roles of the film. While an american rhapsody too often plays as a wellmade television feature, the film is imbued with enough attention to detail and unfettered affection by writerdirector eva gardos to be a memorable account of displacement and assimilation. Based on her true story, writer and director eva gardos an american rhapsody is an incredibly poignant portrait of the angst of alienation and homelessness felt by many children of those immigrants who escaped unspeakable political oppression. Read the an american rhapsody movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Always remember dont trust the opinion of an american rhapsody 2001 on the internet because the authors paid to write a comment. American rhapsody marks an unusually assured directing debut for longtime features editor and hungarianborn, eva gardos. From a new writerdirector who lived through the astonishing events depicted in this film, comes a highly. In spite of their accent, their job was exceedingly well done. By dark of night, the family attempts a daring getaway, sneaking over the heavily armed. The film is based on the true story of the director, eva gardos, who also wrote. Based on director eva gardos own experiences, this film depicts a 15yearold girls quest to revisit and come to terms with her past in hungary. Eva gardos, who is a steadily employed editor and director of a few films in the us and hungary, does any excellent job telling her story.
An american rhapsody is a 2001 hungarian american biographical drama film that tells the story of a 15yearold girl from a hungarian american family. Trailer du film american rhapsody american rhapsody bande. An american rhapsody 19 movie clip leaving baby behind 2001 hd. An american rhapsody scarlett johansson free drama. A young hungarian girl struggles to find her place in the world when shes reunited with her parents in the usa years after she was left behind during their flight from the communist country in the 1950s. In the darkest days of the cold war, a hungarian family sacrifices wealth and privilege to escape to the west and gain freedom from communist repression. I was unable to find out, how much her parents contributed to this. Amidst the shadows and secrets of communist hungary, one familys desperate escape plan goes terribly wrong. One night, margaret nastassja kinski and peter tony goldwyn arrange to escape hungary with their eldest daughter in tow, forcing them to leave behind their youngest, suzanne, in the care of.
Scarlett johansson suzanne sandor an american rhapsody. An american rhapsody a young hungarian girl struggles to find her place in the world when shes reunited with her parents in the usa years after she was left behind during their flight from the. This movie was based on a real story of the director and it was so tragic. An american rhapsody is told from the point of view of a 15yearold american girl, but in a way its more her mothers story. She began writing the script, in fact, ten years ago. The main focus is on those, who loved suzanne zsuzsi, i. The american actors learned their lines in hungarian to add authenticity to the movie. Cast an american rhapsody 2001 scarlett johansson filmography.
You can watch an american rhapsody online on videoondemand services netflix, hbo now, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. The film stars nastassja kinski, scarlett johansson and others. In 1950, a hungarian couple, peter and margit, are forced to flee from the oppressive communist country for the usa with their eldest daughter maria, but are forced to leave behind their infant daughter suzanne who is raised by kindly foster couple. Watch the movie trailer for an american rhapsody 2001. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing an american rhapsody near you. The movie is based on the true life story of writer and director of the film, eva gardos. Amid the chaos of their latenight border crossing, their youngest child is.
A true story based on the life story of writerdirector eva gardos, this film depicts the personal odyssey of a familys escape from communist hungary. Watch an american rhapsody online 2001 movie yidio. An american rhapsody is a 2001 hungarianamerican biographical drama film that tells the story. An american rhapsody is the most heartfelt of movies, and how could it be otherwise. An american rhapsody movie 2001 scarlett johansson.
Like the writerdirector, eva gardos, whose own story is depicted by the movie. The film stars nastassja kinski, scarlett johansson, tony goldwyn, and mae whitman. A young hungarian girl struggles to find her place in the world when shes reunited with her parents in the usa years after she was left behind during their. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 2001 movies 2001.
A young hungarian girl struggles to find her place in. Eva gardos director, screenwriter jay firestone executive producer margie goodspeed. A sincere, unquestionably personal effort, its mixture of memory. As of friday, two films in release will have the name of eva gardos in the credits. The film is based on gardos own story of a uniquely unsettled childhood, from a script which won the hartleymerrill international screenwriting award not so long ago.
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