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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
Director	Gyorgy Palfi
Genres	Drama

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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
- 48213
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
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- - 7
  - 1
  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... read more »
  
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- 216466
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Richard Holland
  - North Wales
  - 09 Mar 2006 at 13:29
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- - 0
  - 0
  No words just sights and sounds
  
  Hungarian film without words. An emphasised use of everyday sounds mixed with well paced photography. The atmosphere of everyday life in a hungarian village is ... read more »
  
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- 942906
- - Dungbeetle
  - 503 reviews
  - London
  - 27 Nov 2010 at 19:59
- - 1
  - 0
  Watchable, but....
  
  Yes, it's certainly beautifully shot and different, having no dialogue, but to be honest I was underwhelmed.
  
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- 883688
- - a customer
  - Isle of Skye, Scotland
  - 15 Apr 2010 at 14:39
- - 0
  - 0
  Odd but good.
  
  Strange film focusing on the human, plant and animal life of a small Hungarian village.
  
  At first I thought there was no real story or plot and it ... read more »
  
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- 879075
- - LeightonJonesy
  - 18 reviews
  - Hastings
  - 01 Apr 2010 at 09:34
- - 0
  - 0
  Country life in Hungary with murder
  
  This is a very odd and artistic film. There are many close ups of flowers, people, animals and anything in the countryside. This is a very strange film but a ... read more »
  
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- 835587
- - MadViking
  - 56 reviews
  - Dorchester
  - 29 Nov 2009 at 20:43
- - 0
  - 0
  mtv video diary of village life
  
  On the one hand this is a series of montages of simple everyday life in a village where there is a certain amount of cross cutting between the scenes, most of ... read more »
  
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- 806226
- - itstinks
  - 573 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 03 Sep 2009 at 10:02
- - 0
  - 3
  Hukkle
  
  What is viss film about?
  
  Absolutely pointless rubbish!
  
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- 737980
- - BillyKornish
  - 13 reviews
  - Richmond
  - 04 Apr 2009 at 23:34
- - 0
  - 0
  Unconventional beauty in your own film
  
  With no dialougue or insistent narrative Hukkle does not make the same demands on a aperson attentions . We talked all the way through yet our eyes were ... read more »
  
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- 700345
- - a customer
  - London
  - 02 Feb 2009 at 15:49
- - 1
  - 1
  Only for lovers of non-narrative film
  
  This sort of thing should only be allowed in film schools. A series of director-showing-off vignettes of rural life. Doubtless there was some sort of ... read more »
  
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- 631089
- - Bardolf
  - 10 reviews
  - Newcastle upon Tyne
  - 17 Sep 2008 at 22:16
- - 0
  - 0
  Customer Review
  
  Well the first 5 minutes were interesting - clever camera filming so that you dont know at what scale you are seeing things. But then after a while you begin ... read more »
  
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- 581552
- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 0
  - 0
  Original and wonderfully unexpected
  
  When you have a nice long queue of films it's very easy to forget what you've requested; when this arrived I was stumped. The title rang no bells but I ... read more »
  
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- - schammond
  - 2 reviews
  - York
  - 11 May 2008 at 12:28
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- - 7
  - 1
  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... read more »
  
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- 216466
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Richard Holland
  - North Wales
  - 09 Mar 2006 at 13:29
- - 4
  - 0
  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... read more »
  
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- 351236
- - Misco
  - 16 reviews
  - Kelso
  - 15 Oct 2005 at 12:22
- - 4
  - 0
  Slow and strange but worth the effort
  
  This film, set in a small rural village, and focusing on the banal everyday interactions between people, animals and objects will put a lot of people off. It ... read more »
  
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- 471443
- - KateW
  - 4 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 03 Sep 2007 at 00:16
- - 4
  - 0
  Enjoyable, pretty
  
  DON'T expect great things from this film. It is beautiful to watch, and thats about it. No talking, bizarre soundtrack, amusing, beautiful.
  
  If ... read more »
  
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- 530622
- - KatiePotatie
  - 9 reviews
  - Halesowen
  - 24 Feb 2008 at 19:12
- - 3
  - 0
  Quite brilliant; very original
  
  Astonishingly based on a series of events which really happened in a small Hungarian village at the beginning of the twentieth century, this incredible, ... read more »
  
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- - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 19 Mar 2007 at 20:03
- - 1
  - 0
  Hukkle
  
  This is a just right for a fabulous entertainment.However, a synopsis of the story should not be read before seeing it. Without knowing what it's about, the... read more »
  
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- - Tolly
  - 5 reviews
  - Enfield
  - 26 Apr 2008 at 09:55
- - 1
  - 0
  Watchable, but....
  
  Yes, it's certainly beautifully shot and different, having no dialogue, but to be honest I was underwhelmed.
  
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- 883688
- - a customer
  - Isle of Skye, Scotland
  - 15 Apr 2010 at 14:39
- - 4
  - 4
  WARNING .This film is weird.
  
  After reading the user ratings i was prepared for something unusual.
  
  THIS FILM HAS NO DIALOGUE.FOR THE FIRST 10 MINUTES ITS JUST AN OLD MAN WITH THE ... read more »
  
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- 191714
- - a customer
  - LONDON AGE 42
  - 09 Jan 2006 at 20:04
- - 0
  - 0
  Hic!
  
  This is apparently some sort of murder-mystery but it's as far from Miss Marple as it's possible to get. There's no dialogue (unless you count ... read more »
  
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- 216301
- - David Ions
  - London
  - 09 Mar 2006 at 01:00
- - 0
  - 0
  He'll be laid out in the evening
  
  Using a striking experimental approach to storytelling, the ordinary, everyday life of a Hungarian village becomes very, very abstract in this incredibly fresh ... read more »
  
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- 372589
- - ChesterDent
  - 121 reviews
  - London
  - 10 Oct 2006 at 13:34

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  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 ...