1979 · drama · historical · political
Angi Vera
Directed by Pál Gábor1h 36m1979
Angi Vera is a young nursing assistant in a hospital. When she speaks out against the appalling conditions, she is reprimanded, but the Communist Party takes her under its wing. She is sent for ideological training, where she learns to be an agitator in exchange for accommodation and meals. Meanwhile, she falls in love with one of her teachers, but she cannot live out her love within the walls of the strict school.
Our read: Angi Vera (1979) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · historical · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured drama / historical, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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