My Twentieth Century . Metro Pulse . 01-25-99

My Twentieth Century

DIRECTED BY: Ildikó Enyedi

REVIEWED: 01-25-99

This lightfooted, mysterious Hungarian film from director Idiko Enyedi already counts as a lost treasure because almost nobody saw it on its release. Part fairy tale, part socio-political treatise on our fading century, it follows the lives of twin sisters in the early 1900s. The girls, whose paths cross in various ways, can represent any 20th century dichotomy you want: individualism vs. totalitarianism, technology vs. tradition, communism vs. capitalism, probably all of the above. But the movie makes its points in oblique and often funny ways, rendered in impressionistic black and white photography. It's that rare thing, an arty European film that's as much fun as it is intellectually adventurous.

--Jesse Fox Mayshark

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