Ágnes Csere

Iska (Varga) is a twelve-year old girl who lives in a Hungarian village with her ill sister (played by Varga's real-life sibling) and abusive parents. After one beating too many she runs away, although, it is revealed, that is something she does on a regular basis. In fact, when her mother comes to take her home from an orphanage, she complies with the same enthusiasm she showed when answering "Not every day." to the question: "Do your parents hit you?" (imdb)

The film is a devastating but understated and subtle condemnation of the unspeakable evils of Stalinism and human cruelty in general. (imdb)

Hungary's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards.