A murder mystery wrapped in an experimental portrait of life in a rural Hungarian town, writer-director Gyorgy Palfi's engrossing feature debut is a breathtaking feat of filmmaking. Told almost entirely without dialogue, Palfi's story unfolds in striking images and a symphony of sounds, from the snuffling of grazing sheep to the whir of sewing machines in a dressmaking factory. It opens as elderly Uncle Cseklik (Ferenc Bandi) awakens with hiccups ("hukkle" in Magyar) and makes his way outside, where he passes the day watching the world go by. A farmer harvests corn, which is ground into flour at the nearby mill and makes its way into the kitchens of village housewive...
Released:
2001
Rated:
NR
Length:
75 mins