Passion (Hungarian: Szenvedély) is a 1998 Hungarian drama film directed by György Fehér and co-written with Béla Tarr, based on James M. Cain's 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice.
The film screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, and was awarded six prizes at the 1998 Hungarian Film Week, including best film, best direction, best cinematography, best actress (Ildikó Bánsági), best actor(s) (Djoko Rosic and János Derzsi), and the Foreign Film Critics' Gene Moskowitz prize.
Cast
Ildikó Bánsági as The wife
Djoko Rosic as The husband
János Derzsi as The man
István Lénárt as The attorney
László Gálffi as The priest
Zoltán Bezerédi as The doctor's scribe (as Bezerédi Zoltán)
Géza Bereményi as The doctor
Dénes Ujlaky
Péter Haumann as The lawyer
Gergõ Borhi
Imre Csuja
Gábor Székely
Tibor Viczkó