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Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Márta, a forty-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man. But the love of her life claims they have never met before.

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Lili Horvát

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13 wins & 12 nominations

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PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER
FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME

And I never, - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

About 2 months ago, - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

About 2 months ago,

He didn’t say anything at the lectures.
It was how he was watching. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

He didn’t say anything at the lectures. It was how he was wa...

Even before the first time that
we spoke to each other, - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Even before the first time that we spoke to each other,

Something that happens so fast, but... - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Something that happens so fast, but...

5 PM. LIBERTY BRIDGE, PEST SIDE - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

5 PM. LIBERTY BRIDGE, PEST SIDE

One moment, please.
I’ll check where to find him. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

One moment, please. I’ll check where to find him.

Sorry, but I've never seen you before. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Sorry, but I've never seen you before.

We arranged to meet in exactly
one month, at 5 PM - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

We arranged to meet in exactly one month, at 5 PM

We didn’t exchange numbers or anything. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

We didn’t exchange numbers or anything.

With your CV, I have to hire you. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

With your CV, I have to hire you.

Two months rent and that’s fine. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Two months rent and that’s fine.

Oh, yes, one last thing. We're flexible,
but please, no pets. No animals. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Oh, yes, one last thing. We're flexible, but please, no...

No chance of that. She just got home from America,
she’s moving in alone. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

No chance of that. She just got home from America, she’s mov...

Okay... We’ve got one last place today,
but I think this will be the one. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Okay... We’ve got one last place today, but I think this wil...

So I’ll get back to you within an hour,
I promise. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

So I’ll get back to you within an hour, I promise.

It says here: good condition. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

It says here: good condition.

You're joking, my dear.
This is a full renovation job. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

You're joking, my dear. This is a full renovation job.

This was the doctor’s place,
but if you’d like, we can trade. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

This was the doctor’s place, but if you’d like, we can trade...

Budapest Medical University,
how can I help you? - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Budapest Medical University, how can I help you?

Department of Neurosurgery,
Dr. Drexler, please. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Department of Neurosurgery, Dr. Drexler, please.

My left ear is completely gone, doctor.
It's not even ringing anymore. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

My left ear is completely gone, doctor. It's not even r...

You’ll go for physical therapy. 20 sessions,
things will normalize. Your hearing will come back. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

You’ll go for physical therapy. 20 sessions, things will nor...

I’ll write the release form after rounds,
and you can go home. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

I’ll write the release form after rounds, and you can go hom...

I’d do an MRI to rule out a pathology
on the eighth cranial nerve. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

I’d do an MRI to rule out a pathology on the eighth cranial ...

You can see that dislocation of the neck vertebrae
is sufficient reason for the buzz in the left ear. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

You can see that dislocation of the neck vertebrae is suffic...

Fehérvár hospital sent us
a 34-year-old male - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Fehérvár hospital sent us a 34-year-old male

On arrival, the ambulance took
a blood pressure of 200/110. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

On arrival, the ambulance took a blood pressure of 200/110.

They put him on an IV,
and took him to the ER. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

They put him on an IV, and took him to the ER.

A head CT scan confirmed
a massive sub-arachnoidal hematoma. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

A head CT scan confirmed a massive sub-arachnoidal hematoma.

The bleeding was likely caused by a 5 mm aneurism
on the anterior communicating artery. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

The bleeding was likely caused by a 5 mm aneurism on the ant...

I asked that he be taken off sedation, and he was.
The patient is conscious. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

I asked that he be taken off sedation, and he was. The patie...

He’s got a thin neck, good for an endovascular. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

He’s got a thin neck, good for an endovascular.

They’ve got a 9 year old boy, - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

They’ve got a 9 year old boy,

Acute MRI found a large tumor
filling part of the fourth ventricle. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Acute MRI found a large tumor filling part of the fourth ven...

From yesterday, Barna Kriván, 48 years old. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

From yesterday, Barna Kriván, 48 years old.

Head CT shows a left insular
contrast-accumulating growth. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Head CT shows a left insular contrast-accumulating growth.

I’m sorry, but as an exception... - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

I’m sorry, but as an exception...

I start a sentence and I don't know
how to get to the end. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

I start a sentence and I don't know how to get to the e...

I was driving a couple days ago,
and I felt something, - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

I was driving a couple days ago, and I felt something,

Then as if some heat poured over my right hand... - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Then as if some heat poured over my right hand...

Please follow my finger with your eyes. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Please follow my finger with your eyes.

Now close your eyes and try to touch your nose - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Now close your eyes and try to touch your nose

A bright new star of our district,
János Drexler, - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

A bright new star of our district, János Drexler,

Across a clear brook gentle, - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Across a clear brook gentle,

I on the shore was gazing - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

I on the shore was gazing

If you’ve already got to chase him,
the whole thing is a bust. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

If you’ve already got to chase him, the whole thing is a bus...

- Are we really going in?
- Let's go, I'm freezing. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

- Are we really going in? - Let's go, I'm freezing...

That I wanted this so badly,
that I made the whole thing up. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

That I wanted this so badly, that I made the whole thing up.

That I’ve filled in every detail
so even I believed it happened. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

That I’ve filled in every detail so even I believed it happe...

Because I know what that’s like.
It's happened to me before. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Because I know what that’s like. It's happened to me be...

I wanted something so bad, that I forgot
that I dreamed up the whole thing, - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

I wanted something so bad, that I forgot that I dreamed up t...

I don’t know whether you understand, - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

I don’t know whether you understand,

She worked in the US citadel of brain research
before she ended up here with us. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

She worked in the US citadel of brain research before she en...

But if you’ll let me, I’d like to stay
in case I can help. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

But if you’ll let me, I’d like to stay in case I can help....

Stand-up bass, or cello. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Stand-up bass, or cello.

Could you tell me on which part of the image
you see the bra? - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Could you tell me on which part of the image you see the bra...

A person pushing out their bottom
and arching their back. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

A person pushing out their bottom and arching their back.

And the person’s heart is right in front of them. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

And the person’s heart is right in front of them.

Out of their body, right there in front of them. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Out of their body, right there in front of them.

WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU
TO THE BOOK RELEASE EVENT - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

WE CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO THE BOOK RELEASE EVENT

I’d just like to thank you, - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

I’d just like to thank you,

Tell your father that I’ll come see him later. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Tell your father that I’ll come see him later.

...it is an accepted fact,
that thoughts and feelings... - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

...it is an accepted fact, that thoughts and feelings...

I don't perceive my thoughts
as electrochemistry, yet they are. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

I don't perceive my thoughts as electrochemistry, yet t...

We all accept that the Big Bang, - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

We all accept that the Big Bang,

But in fact, we all have an equally
large mystery in our possession. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

But in fact, we all have an equally large mystery in our pos...

It's just within us, within the microcosm
of our consciousness. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

It's just within us, within the microcosm of our consci...

Good evening. I read your book yesterday,
and I’m still under its influence. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Good evening. I read your book yesterday, and I’m still unde...

It's not just a scientific work, it’s literature. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

It's not just a scientific work, it’s literature.

I found it especially staggering
when you wrote about your surgical failures. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

I found it especially staggering when you wrote about your s...

It’s brave and honest writing.
Heartfelt congratulations. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

It’s brave and honest writing. Heartfelt congratulations.

Allow me a small boast, with some fresh news. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Allow me a small boast, with some fresh news.

A few weeks ago, one of the most highly esteemed
New York publishers bought the US rights. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

A few weeks ago, one of the most highly esteemed New York pu...

They decided not to release it in their science series,
but as a literary work. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

They decided not to release it in their science series, but ...

Any further questions, comments? - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Any further questions, comments?

Sometimes, I see someone on the street, - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Sometimes, I see someone on the street,

Would they be ghosts? I wouldn’t think so. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Would they be ghosts? I wouldn’t think so.

Can a surgeon abstract himself from the fact - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Can a surgeon abstract himself from the fact

During an operation we’re obligated
to abstract ourselves from that. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

During an operation we’re obligated to abstract ourselves fr...

My father was a Danube tour-boat captain. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

My father was a Danube tour-boat captain.

So, as a child, I spent a lot of time on boats. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

So, as a child, I spent a lot of time on boats.

I realized that the shoreline isn't
just the castle and the parliament. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

I realized that the shoreline isn't just the castle and...

When we’d pass an ugly house,
I’d pretend to blow it up. Or burn it down. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

When we’d pass an ugly house, I’d pretend to blow it up. Or ...

When I’m insecure in an operation,
I deliberately recall that game. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

When I’m insecure in an operation, I deliberately recall tha...

The brain is like a city,
with various neighborhoods. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

The brain is like a city, with various neighborhoods.

I might sacrifice one part,
because I have to go in. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

I might sacrifice one part, because I have to go in.

One or two face muscles will be paralyzed,
but the person remains. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

One or two face muscles will be paralyzed, but the person re...

By blowing up an ugly hotel,
I save the castle. - Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

By blowing up an ugly hotel, I save the castle.

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Márta, a forty-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man. But the love of her life claims they have never met before.

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Director: Lili Horvát

Writer: Lili Horvát

Production: N/A

Genre: drama, romance

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 71/100

ImdbRating: 6.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 22 Jan 2021

Awards: 13 wins & 12 nominations

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