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Maria's Day
Maria's Day () is a 1984 Hungarian drama film directed by Judit Elek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast.
- Edit Handel - Júlia Szendrey
- Éva Igó - Marika Szendrey
- Sándor Szabó - Ignác Szendrey
- Imre Csiszár - Pál Gyulai
- Tamás Fodor - Árpád Horvát
- Lajos Kovács - István Petőfi
- Gábor Svidrony - Child of Júlia
- György Rácz - Child of Júlia
- Kati
's Romeo and Maria (Natalie Wood, dubbed by Marni Nixon) is its Juliet. Maria's fiery brother Bernardo (George Chakiris) combines the Lord Capulet and Tybalt roles. The film's ending has been praised for achieving the tragedy of Shakespeare's play without recourse to magic potions or fateful bad timing.
In 1996, Troma Studios and director Lloyd Kaufman filmed "Tromeo and Juliet", a transgressive "trash/punk" adaptation of the play, set in present-day Manhattan and featuring Lemmy (of Motörhead