Hukkle
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Hukkle is a 2002
Hungarian film
. It's about the daily life of people in a random village which seems beautiful and harmless, but there is something mysterious going on. The story is based on the Angel Makers of Nagyrév.
. It begins with an old man who has hiccups, and takes place in front of his house near a can of milk. He observes the daily habits of the villagers, and the viewer is shown many sequences about different events: A young man drives his horse and cart filled with milk cans. Normally he would clean the cans, but he's distracted by a girl sitting in the sun. A threshing-machine is harvesting. A cat becomes poisoned and eventually dies. A mole gets killed by an old lady ploughing the ground and she gives the mole to her dog. A farmer takes his pig to a sow for fertilization and the two owners watch with satisfaction when the pigs copulate. The men of the village bowl to kill time. The old man is still having hiccups.
The village seems idyllic, but there are mysterious things happening. During these events, there are sequences about women trading bottles with unknown liquids. From time to time a man dies and the collective village walks up with a chest and comforts the widow. The mailman also shows up after every death and gives the widow a small package in return for her signature. It all seems harmless and normal life continues after the burials.
When a fisherman disappears, a local policeman is determined to find out what happened to the fisherman and eventually finds out at the end when he sees the mailman appear with a package for the widow.
With (almost) no dialogue in the movie, it seems the events around the villagers, animals, and plants have no meaning. However, at the end of the movie there is a wedding where some girls sing an old folksong which reveals the murder-mystery.
2002 in film
The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of...
Hungarian film
Cinema of Hungary
Hungary has had a notable cinema industry from the beginning of the 20th century, with Hungarians who affected the world of motion picture both inside and outside the borders...
. It's about the daily life of people in a random village which seems beautiful and harmless, but there is something mysterious going on. The story is based on the Angel Makers of Nagyrév.
Characters
- Ferenc Bandi - Csuklik bácsi
- Józsefné Rácz - Bába
- József Forkas - Rendõr
- Ferenc Nagy - Méhész
- Ferencné Virág - A méhész felesége
- Mihályné Király - Nagymama
- Mihály Király - Nagypapa
- Eszter Ónodi - Városi anya
- Attila KaszásAttila KaszásAttila Kaszás was a Slovakian-born Hungarian actor, singer.-Early life:Attila Kaszás born in Šaľa, Czechoslovakia, but he spent his childhood in Vlčany, where his parents taught in the local school. He went then to the in János Selye High School in Komárno. From 1979 he studied at the Academy of...
- Városi papa - Szimonetta Koncz - Városi kislány
- Gábor Nagy - Városi kisfiú
- Jánosné Gyõri - Postás
- Edit Nagy - Pásztorlány
- János F. Kovács - Vízhordó fiú
Plot
The story takes place in an ordinary village in HungaryHungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. It begins with an old man who has hiccups, and takes place in front of his house near a can of milk. He observes the daily habits of the villagers, and the viewer is shown many sequences about different events: A young man drives his horse and cart filled with milk cans. Normally he would clean the cans, but he's distracted by a girl sitting in the sun. A threshing-machine is harvesting. A cat becomes poisoned and eventually dies. A mole gets killed by an old lady ploughing the ground and she gives the mole to her dog. A farmer takes his pig to a sow for fertilization and the two owners watch with satisfaction when the pigs copulate. The men of the village bowl to kill time. The old man is still having hiccups.
The village seems idyllic, but there are mysterious things happening. During these events, there are sequences about women trading bottles with unknown liquids. From time to time a man dies and the collective village walks up with a chest and comforts the widow. The mailman also shows up after every death and gives the widow a small package in return for her signature. It all seems harmless and normal life continues after the burials.
When a fisherman disappears, a local policeman is determined to find out what happened to the fisherman and eventually finds out at the end when he sees the mailman appear with a package for the widow.
With (almost) no dialogue in the movie, it seems the events around the villagers, animals, and plants have no meaning. However, at the end of the movie there is a wedding where some girls sing an old folksong which reveals the murder-mystery.
Acquired
- Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema, Audience Award: (György Pálfi)
- Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema, FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention: (György Pálfi)
- Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema, First Work Award of the Student Jury: (György Pálfi)
- Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema, Special Price: Feature Film Competition (György Pálfi), Gergely Pohárnok
- European Film Awards, European Discovery of the Year: (György Pálfi)
- Hong Kong International Film Festival, Golden Firebird Award: (György Pálfi)
- Hungarian Film Critics Awards, Film Critics Award:Best Cinematography (Gergely Pohárnok)
- Hungarian Film Critics Awards, Film Critics Award: Best Sound (Tamás Zányi)
- Hungarian Film Critics Awards, László B. Nagy Award: (György Pálfi)
- Hungarian Film Week, "Gene Moskowitz" Critics Award: (György Pálfi)
- Hungarian Film Week, Best Debut Film: (György Pálfi)
- Molodist International Film Festival, Festival Diploma: Best Full-Length Fiction Film (György Pálfi)
- Paris Film Festival, Special Mention: (György Pálfi)
- San Sebastián International Film Festival, Best New Director - Special Mention: (György Pálfi), Csaba Bereczki, András Böhm
- Santa Fe Film Festival, Luminaria: Best Feature (György Pálfi)
- Sochi International Film Festival, Golden Rose (György Pálfi)