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'''''58 Seconds''''' ({{langx|hu|'''58 másodperc'''}}) is a 1964 [[Cinema of Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Sports film|sports documentary]] short film directed by [[Lívia Gyarmathy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film ∙ 58 másodperc |url=https://www.mmalexikon.hu/kategoria/film/58-masodperc |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=www.mmalexikon.hu}}</ref> It delves into the demanding training regimen of competitive swimmers, and shows the agony and ecstasy of derbies themselves. The director went to [[Margaret Island]] to interview star Hungarian swimmers of the day, such as [[
The film is Gyarmathy's directorial debut.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Zalán |first=Vince |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t_wHAQAAMAAJ&q=L%C3%ADvia+Gyarmathy%C2%A0m%C3%A1sodperc |title=Magyar filmrendezőportrék |date=2004 |publisher=Osiris |isbn=978-963-389-688-4 |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Cowie |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hvtkAAAAMAAJ&q=58+m%C3%A1sodperc |title=International Film Guide |date=1969 |publisher=Tantivy Press |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mária |first=Haraszti |date=2022-05-27 |title=ÖRÖKLÉT: Gyarmathy Lívia {{!}} televizio.sk |url=https://www.televizio.sk/2022/05/oroklet-gyarmathy-livia/ |access-date=2024-12-11 |language=hu}}</ref>
== Content ==
"With the help of [[close-up]] images, all the emotions of the main character can be followed, both before the competition and after the defeat. The last sequences show the start again."<ref>{{Cite web |title=58 másodperc |url=https://www.filmkatalogus.hu/58-masodperc--f31766 |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=FilmKatalogus.hu}}</ref>
== Themes ==
Her approach in the film was compared to her later work, ''Kilencedik emelet'' (1977): "It is about the impossibility of success, but also about the inevitable necessity of following the path that leads to it. It is about the struggle, about “almost” success – in the narrow, hopeless world of the [[János Kádár|Kádár]] era. Where our humanity can be preserved only by not giving up. Even if we are defeated – that is, our situation is hopeless – we will not. The swimmer of ''58 seconds'' falls short of the big race, but continues training the next day; the "welfare" family model of the ''Kilencedik emelet'' is falling apart, but this spurs the teenage girl of the two children to even better performance."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filmvilág |url=https://filmvilag.hu/tartalom.php?cikk_id=15433&ev=2022&szam=08 |access-date=2024-12-11 |website=filmvilag.hu}}</ref>
==References==
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