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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #57. István Szabó’s The Door

Look no further than this Hungarian-German co-production for perhaps the under the radar acting performance of 2012. It could back to back years where the relationship with maid turns out to be material worth exploring (Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Elena was gold) as veteran Oscar-winning Hungarian director István Szabó managed to lasso Helen Mirren in what will be known as her most unglamorous role to date.

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#57. The Door

Director: István Szabó
Writer(s): Szabó and Andrea Vészits
Producers: Jenõ Hábermann and Sándor Söth
Distributor: Rights Available

The Gist: Based on the novel by Magda Szabó, this is a story of a special relationship between two women, a writer and her maid...(more)

Cast: Helen Mirren and Martina Gedeck

List Worthy Reasons…: Look no further than this Hungarian-German co-production for perhaps the under the radar acting performance of 2012. It could back to back years where the relationship with maid turns out to be material worth exploring (Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Elena was gold) as veteran Oscar-winning Hungarian director István Szabó managed to lasso Helen Mirren in what will be known as her most unglamorous role to date.

Release Date/Status?: Main Competition at Cannes appears likely as Szabo has been a frequent guest and winner at the fest (Mephisto).

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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