An American Rhapsody

An American Rhapsody

2001 · 106 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.4 (84 votes)
Dir. Éva Gárdos · Starring Scarlett Johansson, Nastassja Kinski, Tony Goldwyn, Ágnes Bánfalvy, Zoltán Seress, András Szöke · Music Cliff Eidelman

“Sometimes you have to lose your way to find your home.”

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A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later, the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter then decides to travel to Budapest to discover her identity.

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A poignant exploration of a young girl's search for belonging. It feels like sifting through old photographs, a gentle ache of displacement mixed with the warmth of familial bonds and the bittersweet journey of self-discovery.

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