This is the first time when a Hungarian documentary is on the official list of competing films at the Sundance Film Festival.Most significant festival of independent movies, Sundance Film Festival is organized between the 18th and 28th of January, 2018 in Utah (USA). This is the first time when a Hungarian documentary is on the official list of the competing films. The movie of Bernadett Tuza-Ritter entitled A Woman Captured was premiered at the IDFA – International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam.
The movie depicts the life and story of Maris who is living as a slave in contemporary Hungary. She is one of those 45 million people who are living in modern slavery today.
Maris has been serving a family in Hungary for 10 years without any salary. She works 20 hours a day and she gets a bed and food in return. She cannot leave the house without a permission and she is deprived of her rights and dignity.
The director, Bernadette Tuza-Ritter spent more than a hundred days with Maris so that she can know her and the circumstances Maris is living in.
The German-Hungarian coproduction was produced by Eclipse Film and CORSO Film.
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