In Praise of Older Women

In Praise of Older Women

The story that turned on millions of PLAYBOY Magazine readers in the October issue.

1978 · 110 min · ★ 5.3 · Drama, Romance

Andras Vayda grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.'s during World War II. Disappointed by girls of his age, he meets Maya, a married women in her thirties, who tutors him in the lessons of love and romance. Maya is only the first of many mature women that Andras will meet through his teenage and young adult life.

Directed by George Kaczender · Written by Paul Gottlieb

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