An American Rhapsody 2001 Movie

A young Hungarian girl struggles to find her place in the world when she's reunited with her parents in the USA years after she was left behind during their flight from the communist country in the 1950s. More details

Directors

Éva Gárdos

Cast

Nastassja Kinski Scarlett Johansson Raffaella Bánsági

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drama hungarian usa 1950s american red cross girl parents budapest hungary hungary growing up f rated sneaking out stamp coffee potato sack washing clothes clothing store chain bridge painting a bicycle barbecue postcard painting skipping playground toy tea set storytelling street musician confiscation street market orient express breaking through a door embarrassment toy blue jeans cowboy hat coca cola rock 'n' roll watching tv border patrol chocolate surrogate mother surrogate father waitress vacuum cleaner salesman vacuum cleaner bubble gum reference to elvis presley waving goodbye tunnel airplane factory statue of liberty new york city fireworks hamburger suburb chicken reference to nikita khrushchev reference to eleanor roosevelt reference to barry goldwater reference to richard nixon stocking cap sleeping pills airplane mechanic diner restaurant cafe publishing company publisher u.s. embassy visa female frontal nudity female nudity nudity runaway school pajama party homesickness hula hoop painting one's toenails taxi party russian soldier soldier murder of girlfriend death of girlfriend wedding bride and groom playing cards austria poland iron curtain reference to dag hammarskjold united nations pursuit escape bridge execution jail photograph bath fight flowers throwing away one's possessions property seizure wedding ring guard dog suitcase barbed wire face slap american flag vienna austria train station dressing undressing reference to the beatles czechoslovakia reference to tom sawyer jealousy fear bravery dog telephone call airport death murder of father record player recording year 1965 year 1958 year 1956 kissing a baby's foot baby land mine knife refugee letter border guard border searchlight comrade bicycle eating food money song singing singer doll reference to josef stalin prisoner prison birthday cake happy birthday birthday uncle niece relationship secret police smuggling guilt emigre memento rifle slow motion scene gypsy grandfather granddaughter relationship drunkenness drinking drink blood shooting promise peasant friend rural setting countryside farmer farm love tears crying flash forward cold war los angeles california california neighbor kiss boy teenage boy flashback communist occupation soviet occupation politics search survival family relationships justice freedom hungarian american immigration newsreel footage immigrant father daughter relationship black and white scene swing sister sister relationship memory cigarette smoking airplane tv news train teenage rebellion teenage girl shotgun prank parent child relationship murder mother daughter relationship loss of father little girl grandmother granddaughter relationship friendship first love cultural difference children childhood memory childhood home banana foster mother foster father communism trauma 1960s death of father based on true story independent film

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