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Confidence is a 1980 Hungarian film directed by István Szabó set in the final days of World War II. It follows two resistance members who must pose as husband and wife to stay safe from the Nazis, even though they are each married to other people. Critically acclaimed, it won Szabó the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards. Plot Towards the end of World War II, during the siege of Budapest, Kata (Ildikó Bánsági) is intercepted on her way home from the cinema, and informed that her apartment is being searched and that her daughter and husband, who is part of the Hungarian resistance, have already fled to safety. With false papers, under the name Mrs. János Bíró, she has to hide in a house in the suburbs together with her "husband" (Péter Andorai), an important person in the resistance movement. In their shared room, János treats Kata coldly and tries to explain life in hiding, telling her she cannot leave the house without his permission nor discuss any personal details with anyone. Gradually, the closeness, threat of discovery, and a mutual attraction lead to an affair between them; János tries to push Kata away, having been betrayed to the Gestapo by a lover in Germany ten years earlier. Over time, his defences begin to fall and he allows himself to fall in love with Kata. Later, when Kata goes to meet her real husband, she feels guilty. János begins to overcome his fear and paranoia, but by the time he accepts that he loves Kata, he has managed to destroy the relationship. After the war ends and the siege is lifted, a car arrives for János, who leaves Kata with a promise to contact her in the next few days. Kata has to prove her identity before a verification committee, but cannot, as her original papers were destroyed when she went into hiding, and only János can vouch for her true identity. Kata reluctantly finds herself back with her husband, while János appears at the verification centre and calls for his "wife" among the people standing in line.

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“It's fine to criticize government and all the other centers of power, probing for their inevitable, arrogant error-modes. But we won't blanket-betray the nation that protected us, or the city whose cops we'd call, if we ever got into real trouble. We won't undermine the confidence of our fellow citizens by hammering away at their belief in themselves, or their democratic institutions.”
— David Brin, "Our Favorite Cliché: A World Filled With Idiots", DavidBrin.com, 2013.
“According to Freud (who was speaking from experience, since he was his mother’s darling), spoiled children have a confidence that stays with them all their lives.”
— Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction (2001)
“you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
— Steve Jobs, Address at Stanford University (12 June, 2005).
“I have confidence in fools... self-confidence is what my friends call it.”
— Edgar Allan Poe, Marginalia (November 1844).
“Life for both sexes — and I looked at them, shouldering their way along the pavement — is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. It calls for gigantic courage and strength. More than anything, perhaps, creatures of illusion as we are, it calls for confidence in oneself. Without self-confidence we are as babes in the cradle.”
— Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, Chapter 2 (1929).
“I would have some confidence with you that decerns you nearly.”
— William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (1598-99), Act III, scene 5, line 3.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Confidence is a 1980 Hungarian film directed by István Szabó set in the final days of World War II. It follows two resistance members who must pose as husband and wife to stay safe from the Nazis, even though they are each married to other people. Critically acclaimed, it won Szabó the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards.

Overview

Confidence is a 1980 Hungarian film directed by István Szabó set in the final days of World War II. It follows two resistance members who must pose as husband and wife to stay safe from the Nazis, even though they are each married to other people. Critically acclaimed, it won Szabó the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards. Plot Towards the end of World War II, during the siege of Budapest, Kata (Ildikó Bánsági) is intercepted on her way home from the cinema, and informed that her apartment is being searched and that her daughter and husband, who is part of the Hungarian resistance, have already fled to safety. With false papers, under the name Mrs. János Bíró, she has to hide in a house in the suburbs together with her "husband" (Péter Andorai), an important person in the resistance movement. In their shared room, János treats Kata coldly and tries to explain life in hiding, telling her she cannot leave the house without his permission nor discuss any personal details with anyone. Gradually, the closeness, threat of discovery, and a mutual attraction lead to an affair between them; János tries to push Kata away, having been betrayed to the Gestapo by a lover in Germany ten years earlier. Over time, his defences begin to fall and he allows himself to fall in love with Kata. Later, when Kata goes to meet her real husband, she feels guilty. János begins to overcome his fear and paranoia, but by the time he accepts that he loves Kata, he has managed to destroy the relationship. After the war ends and the siege is lifted, a car arrives for János, who leaves Kata with a promise to contact her in the next few days. Kata has to prove her identity before a verification committee, but cannot, as her original papers were destroyed when she went into hiding, and only János can vouch for her true identity. Kata reluctantly finds herself back with her husband, while János appears at the verification centre and calls for his "wife" among the people standing in line.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Not who you're looking for? Others named Confidence: state of being certain either that a hypothesis or predictio · 2003 film by James Foley · 2004 studio album by Gentleman · novel by Henry James

Notable quotes

“It's fine to criticize government and all the other centers of power, probing for their inevitable, arrogant error-modes. But we won't blanket-betray the nation that protected us, or the city whose cops we'd call, if we ever got into real trouble. We won't undermine the confidence of our fellow citizens by hammering away at their belief in themselves, or their democratic institutions.”
— David Brin, "Our Favorite Cliché: A World Filled With Idiots", DavidBrin.com, 2013.
“According to Freud (who was speaking from experience, since he was his mother’s darling), spoiled children have a confidence that stays with them all their lives.”
— Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction (2001)
“you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”
— Steve Jobs, Address at Stanford University (12 June, 2005).
“I have confidence in fools... self-confidence is what my friends call it.”
— Edgar Allan Poe, Marginalia (November 1844).
“Life for both sexes — and I looked at them, shouldering their way along the pavement — is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. It calls for gigantic courage and strength. More than anything, perhaps, creatures of illusion as we are, it calls for confidence in oneself. Without self-confidence we are as babes in the cradle.”
— Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, Chapter 2 (1929).
“I would have some confidence with you that decerns you nearly.”
— William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing (1598-99), Act III, scene 5, line 3.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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