The Notebook by Hungarian director Janos Szasz received an ovation after a full-house screening at the American Film Institute in Washington, DC on Sunday local time.
"I've seen that the film had a strong emotional attraction for the audience," Szasz told MTI adding that The Notebook's North-American premiere had been held in Toronto at a screening he also attended.
"It could be felt that the film had a deep impact on the people," he said. "You don't have to be Hungarian to understand this film... In Sao Paolo for instance I was approached by an Indian woman who said this film should be played in the favelas (shanty towns of Brazil) to poor and neglected children because it is about their lives," Szasz said.
Hungarian actress Piroska Molnar, playing the film's female lead, received a staning ovation at the Washinton screening. She had been previously awarded by the Chicago film festival's international jury.
Szasz's film fetched the Karlovy Vary international film festival's main prize in July and it has been screened at several international festivals since, including in Haifa and Adelaide.
The film Szasz made in 2013 tells the story of twin boys sent to live with a cruel grandmother at the end of WWII.. It is Hungary's entry to the 86th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.
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