Archive of films Kontroll / Kontroll
Hungary
2003, 105 min
Section:
Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!
Year: 2004
A new face of Hungarian cinema: "Subway" meets "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" in Budapest´s metro, where a killer is loose.
Synopsis
The trains keep a-rollin´ in Control, an action thriller set entirely in the grungy stations and dank tunnels of the Budapest subway system. U.S.-born helmer Nimród Antal is well-traveled in genre conventions and keeps a firm hand on the throttle throughout the smartly-paced saga taking place in the familial yet eccentric world of ticket inspectors and their hostile populace, a world where a hooded killer is running looose. Crowd-pleasing, darkly comic joyride was the top Magyar earner of 2003. Shot with an obvious appreciation for the geometry of space, Gyula Pados´ nimble camera prowls into every corner, and the various foot races in stations and tunnels are individual triumphs of shooting and editing.
Eddie Cockrell
Contacts
National Film Institute Hungary
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Hungary
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The Film Sales Company
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About the film
Color, 35 mm
Section: | Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! |
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Director: | Nimród Antal |
Screenplay: | Nimród Antal |
Dir. of Photography: | Gyula Pados |
Music: | NEO |
Editor: | István Király |
Producer: | Tamás Hutlassa |
Production: | Café Film, koprodukce / co-production: Bonfire |
Cast: | Sándor Csányi, Sándor Badár, Eszter Balla, György Cserhalmi, Enikö Eszenyi, Zsolt Nagy, Csaba Pindroch |
Contact: | National Film Institute Hungary, The Film Sales Company |
www: | www.kontrollfilm.hu |
Guests
Annamária Basa
Nimród Antal
Kinga Gajdos
Film Institution Rep.
Tamás Hutlassa
Producer