At a conference in New Jersey, accomplished neurosurgeon Márta has an encounter with fellow doctor János. The brief meeting convinces Márta that he is the love of her life, and the two arrange a second meeting at the Liberty Bridge in Budapest in one month’s time. Quitting her job in America and returning to her native Hungary, Márta is shocked when János does not arrive at their meeting spot.
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Heading to Budapest Medical University to confront him, the man she identifies as János tells her that the two have never met before. Deciding to stay in Budapest, Márta rents a run-down apartment and takes a job at the hospital János works at. There, she draws ire from her colleagues due to her attitude and tendency to offer alternative diagnoses of the hospital’s patients.
She becomes obsessed with János, watching old videos of him on YouTube and following him after work. She begins to see a therapist as she starts to doubt whether the initial meeting really took place and seeks a personality disorder diagnosis.
While operating on a patient, Márta grows irritated with one of her fellow surgeons and asks that János takes over from him. The two are formally introduced, and Márta is invited to János’s book release that evening. She returns home with a copy of his book and begins to masturbate after reading from it.
The son of Márta’s earlier patient offers to buy her dinner as a thanks for her help. He tries to invite himself into her apartment, but she rejects him. She finds a message from János asking to talk; the two go shopping together and he offers to buy her a loudspeaker for her apartment. János later visits her apartment and they have sex, but in the morning, he is nowhere to be found.
Helen, a friend and colleague of Márta’s from New Jersey, visits her in Budapest. Helen convinces Márta to try calling János, but when she does, Helen finds his jacket and phone inside Márta’s apartment. Márta returns the item to the Budapest Medical University, then secretly follows János home, where she meets his daughter.
János confesses that he did remember their meeting in New Jersey but did not think the arrangement to meet again in Budapest was serious. He also reveals his fear of upsetting his relationship with his daughters as a single father. In the morning, János and Márta watch as two delivery men hoist a loudspeaker up to Márta’s apartment.
In conclusion, follow the journey of Márta and János in the movie “Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time.” Watch for free online now and experience the twists and turns of their unconventional love story.