Two Girls on the Street
André de Toth · 1939
Two Girls on the Street (1939) follows two young women — a violinist and a bricklayer — as they navigate work, friendship, and love in Budapest after leaving their village. Directed by André de Toth in his first feature, it adapts a stage play with unshowy craft, grounding its comedy in occupational detail and urban texture. Restored by Cinémathèque de Bologne and released by Criterion in 2022, it rewards attention to the ordinary: how people move, speak, build, and play in a city on the cusp of change.