Hukkle
Director: György Pálfi
Starring: Ferenc Bandi, Józsefné Rácz, József Forkas, Ferenc Nagy, Attila Kaszás
Each shot is its own little miracle.
One of the most original and stylish films to come along this year.
The film is told almost entirely without dialogue, but is alive to sound; we spend observant, introspective hours in a Hungarian hamlet where nothing much seems to happen -- oh, except that there's a suspicious death.
There's scarcely any dialogue, and the "hukkle" sound is universal enough to make subtitles unnecessary and to please an audience of any age and attention span.
A film driven by an elusive plot buried like a cryptogram under the action. It's a delightfully screwy ethnographic murder mystery, beautifully photographed in translucent naturalistic color.
Best Film
Bogota Film Festival (2003)
György Pálfi
Brussels European Film Festival (2003)
New Directors Competition
Chicago International Film Festival (2002)
György Pálfi
Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema (2002)
György Pálfi
European Film Awards (2002)
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