Hukkle

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Hukkle

2002

1h 17m

Mystery & Thriller

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32 Reviews

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There is something dark and mysterious occurring in a small Hungarian village, but exactly what that is remains a secret, barely perceptible among the rhythms of everyday life. A youth drives the milk cart and spies a young woman sunbathing. An old woman plows her field, and a farmer's sow is fertilized. But there is also a strange ritual that involves the villagers and the mailman, who presents items to every new widow when her husband dies -- something that happens with regular frequency.

Critics Consensus

Understated, unconventional and observant.

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Martin Rubin

Chicago Reader

04/04/2019

Told almost entirely without words and composed largely of detail shots, this doesn't quite transcend the gimmickry of its concept, but it succeeds as a bravura technical exercise with some truly amazing images.

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

08/13/2004

3/4

Unclassifiable and wildly original.

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Wesley Morris

Boston Globe

06/18/2004

3/4

So precisely and hypnotically assembled it could have been directed by a particularly whimsical metronome.

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Boyd van Hoeij

european-films.net

12/06/2006

Some of the things encountered in Hukkle are brilliant cinematic conceits, which the director properly builds up to their punchline.

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Bill Gibron

PopMatters

07/27/2005

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Sparkling and thought-provoking, Hukkle is the cinematic equivalent of a puzzle box wrapped up in ethnic enigmas and rural riddles.

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Steve Schneider

Orlando Weekly

04/28/2005

3.5/5

The movie is an enriching, lovingly filmed exercise in disorientation, worth seeing more than once if you've got the time, money and patience.

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eric b

@RT55475325 07/28/2014

Mostly, this is a film about liquids being poured. Sheer torture.

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01/08/2014

So now it is okay to kill animals for a movie? No film is worth the poisoning of animals for the sake of a storyline.

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05/03/2013

Beautiful. Amazing. Must see.

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01/29/2013

It's hard to sit through, but apparently it's a masterpiece.

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09/26/2012

O soluço é a parte mais legal... ou a única.

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08/13/2012

Um velho senhor assiste à vida passar sentado em um banco de praça. Um jovem bêbado dorme e ronca em um vagão de trem. Uma graciosa garota caça borboletas em um bucólico vale. Mulheres costuram em uma loja de vestidos. Homens jogam boliche em um pub. Uma abelha recolhe o mel das flores. Um arado mecânico debulha o trigo, que depois em um moinho será transformado em farinha. Na seqüência, na cozinha de vovó, é preparado um bolo no forno. Enquanto isso, um policial investiga um misterioso assassinato. O filme é todo composto por estes fragmentos de vida que se interligam na trama.

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Ferenc Nagy

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Synopsis

There is something dark and mysterious occurring in a small Hungarian village, but exactly what that is remains a secret, barely perceptible among the rhythms of everyday life. A youth drives the milk cart and spies a young woman sunbathing. An old woman plows her field, and a farmer's sow is fertilized. But there is also a strange ritual that involves the villagers and the mailman, who presents items to every new widow when her husband dies -- something that happens with regular frequency.

Director: Gyorgy Palfi
Producer: Csaba Bereczky, Andras Bohm
Screenwriter: Gyorgy Palfi, Zsofia Ruttkay
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Hungarian
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 12, 2002, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): May 31, 2024
Release Date (DVD): Aug 10, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA): $48.2K
Runtime: 1h 17m