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Kontroll, 2003
Hungarian
Hungary
Profile of Kontroll
The mood of Kontroll is gloomy, atmospheric, and stylized. The plot centers around social misfits, mind games, and buddies. It features dark humor and satire. Kontroll is a drama, foreign, and comedy movie. Stylistically, it is surreal. It takes place, at least partly, on a train. Kontroll is set in Hungary. It happens in contemporary times. The movie is known for being an award winner and critically acclaimed. Note that Kontroll includes profanity and violent content.
Summary of Kontroll
Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Academy Awards, writer-director Nimrod Antal's debut is a thrilling, claustrophobic, wild ride through the subway system in the Hungarian capital of Budapest. Sandor Csanyi stars as Bulcsu, the leader of a small crew that patrols the underground making sure that passengers have purchased a ticket. However, the men actually have little power themselves, so many people that they stop humiliate them, physically and verbally abuse them, and easily run away. Within this small world, Bulcsu and his gang, which includes the older Professor (Zoltan Mucsi), the narcoleptic Muki (Csaba Pindroch), the diminutive Lecso (Sandor Badar), and the young and innocent Tibi (Zsolt Nagy), battle Gonzo (Balazs Lazar) and his far more successful group of ticket checkers. In one of the film's most exciting scenes, Bulcsu and Gonzo go railing--racing down the tracks in between two moving trains. Meanwhile, a mysterious hooded person in black is pushing people in front of trains, a man named Bootsie (Bence Matyassy) continually escapes from the ticket checkers' clutches, a train conductor (Lajos Kovacs) indulges himself in food, drink, and smoke, and an odd woman (Eszter Balla) roams around the subway wearing a cute bear costume. But the more the story focuses on Bulcsu, who lives in the subway and always seems to be bleeding, the more powerful the film becomes, propelled by NEO's thumping techo soundtrack.
Details
| Language: | Hungarian |
| Country: | Hungary |
| Release date: | 4 September 2004 |
| Runtime: | 105 min |
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as Bulcsú
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Critics Reviews
Chicago Tribune
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- by: Michael Wilmington
The Onion (A.V. Club)
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- by: Tasha Robinson
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- 24.September.2011
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- 17.February.2010
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- by: coolerking
- coolerking rated this movie8/10Great
