Hukkle
2002
Hukkle is a film that defies genre and has captivated audiences around the world: it is a stunnigly artful and unconventional murder mystery. Set in a Hungarian village, it is the story of how the "useless" members of community (those unable to work, the unemployed, the old, the ill)die one after another. But behind these .. Read more
| Starring | Ferenc Bandi, Jozsefne Racz, Jozsef Forkas, Ferenc Nagy |
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| Director | Gyorgy Palfi |
| Genres | Drama |
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Hukkle
Hukkle is a film that defies genre and has captivated audiences around the world: it is a stunnigly artful and unconventional murder mystery. Set in a Hungarian village, it is the story of how the "useless" members of community (those unable to work, the unemployed, the old, the ill)die one after another. But behind these seemingly innocuous deaths lay a series of murders and every woman in the village is guilty...
| Starring | Ferenc Bandi, Jozsefne Racz, Jozsef Forkas, Ferenc Nagy, Ferencne Virag |
|---|---|
| Director | Gyorgy Palfi |
| Studio | SODA PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 18 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: Hungarian |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 22 Aug 2005 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
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With a visual lyricism that recalls Russian director Alexander Dovzhenko and a sensitivity to the comic potential of sound that's reminiscent of Jacques Tati, Gyorgy Palfi's first feature is certainly technically accomplished. A sinister mystery lurks beneath this quirky depiction of the rhythms of rural Hungarian life and Palfi succeeds in luring us into its heart without ever quite revealing the reasons for a sudden spate of deaths. He occasionally succumbs to directorial excess, with the earthquake sequence being particularly self-indulgent. But the engaging characters and intriguing narrative make this a compelling allegory for a nation's troubled past and its equally uncertain future.
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Self-evidently the work of a first time director determined to make his mark, Hukkle (pronounced 'Hook-lay'; it means... read more on Time Out
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6 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Reality hiccup
An entirely original combination of beautifully shot documentary and League of Gentlemen weirdness. The photography of the human and animal life in an Hungarian village is exquisitely shot and very witty - so much so that one sometimes forgets that it isn't a documentary. Only when people start falling dead and the Paul Calf lookalike cop starts frowning suspiciosuly do you guess that the little white bottles being distributed might be Royston Vasey style 'special stuff'. But this aspect is never really brought to the fore - so the 'murder mystery' tag is absurdly misleading. Hukkle is a weird hallucination. The lack of dialogue is a bonus. Hup!
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Music of Sound
A truly unique experience, where Life on Earth meets David Lynch, in Hungary. The film rather randomly follows life in a small village, starting with an old man with very noisy hiccups, and taking in funerals, a wedding, a murder mystery and the minutiae of both the natural and human world. What makes it all so origianl and compelling is that there is no dialogue and perhaps even more importantly no music, save for one wedding folk song. Life is captured through hiccups, the rustle of ants, the clatter of plates and bicylcles, the buzzing of bees and engines. It is almost as though the film was made for blind people, so intense and pure is the music of sound.
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