Jadviga parnaja (2000)

Jadviga parnaja 2000 The film is the filmed version of Pal Zavadas novel of the same title, which was first published in 1997 and soon became a bestseller The story takes place during World War I and afterwards in a small town in south eastern Hungary It tells about the unhappy marriage between a young man, Ondris, who is a member of the Slovak minority of the town, and his wife Jadviga She cant return his devotion towards her and starts a love affair with Franci, a lawyer The film tells the history of this unhappy relationship between a passionate country man and his equally passionate, but much more erudite wife who wants something more from life but cant get it There is also some historic background the breakup of the Hapsburg monarchy, the independence movement of the Hungarian Slovaks, led in the story by a ridiculous priest, etc But this only remains the backdrop for the story of an unhappy menage a trois