Photographed against the breathtaking fields, forests, mesas and shores of southern Hungary, The Annunciation is Andras Jeles' epic account of the dark history of humanity as portrayed entirely by children between 8 and 12 years of age. The story begins as a 12 year-old Adam is cast out of the Garden of Eden and sent on an existential odyssey through time and space. He becomes a general in Athens, a crusader in Byzantium, Danton during the French Revolution, and a witness to plague and poverty in London. As guided by a deceptively sweet, ultimately contemptuous Lucifer, Adam confronts an endless procession of rapists and concubines, betrayal and savagery, mindless cruelty and fanaticism. Superbly photographed, colorfully costumed and stunningly acted, The Annunciation makes Pasolini-like use of its youthful cast to illustrate the horror and irrationality of our times.
cast:
Júlia Mérö
Controversial scenes:
Adam (Péter Bocsor, 12) and Eve (Júlia Mérö, 11) are shown nude at the start and the end of this film.Many kisses throughout this film inclusing a very erotic kiss as they share the "forbidden fruit" in the Garden of Eden, and one where he is holding her in his lap (both clothed) with his hand on her hip. Towards the beginning when they are both nude except for loincloths, he is kissing her bare shoulders. In a similar scene near the end he is kissing her bare stomach.
