Hukkle

Hungary • 2002

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An old man hiccups. He shuffles slowly about his morning ritual and then takes his place on a bench outside his cottage, beside the road, still hiccuping. A goose goes about its business. Flies buzz. A cat earns its living. A runaway cart causes a stir in the village. The old man hiccups.

A lovingly photographed natural history, these opening shots announce György Pálfi's Hukkle as a film that will proceed in its own way to its own destination, without regard to convention. The film is told almost entirely without dialogue, but is alive to sound; we spend observant, introspective hours in a Hungarian hamlet where nothing much seems to happen -- oh, except that there's a suspicious death...

A mesmerizing pastoral symphony. Finely attuned to the sensual possibilities, both in nature and in cinema.

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75 minutes
Hungarian, Czech
English
Color
1.85:1
5.1

György Pálfi
Ferenc Bandi, Józsefné Rácz, József Farkas, Ferenc Nagy

Director & writer
Starring

  • “If you're attracted to pure, exquisitely photographed cinematic depictions of the world, you could almost lie down in 'Hukkle’ as if it were a meadow and soak in its sun-drenched atmosphere.”

    Stephen Holden

    New York Times

  • “A mesmerizing, nearly wordless pastoral symphony.”

    Scott Tobias

    AV Club

  • “A lovingly photographed natural history of a day of village life. Some audience members will find it maddening.”

    Roger Ebert

    Chicago Sun-Times

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Region A Blu-ray

  • Village Secrets: Making Hukkle - Interview with filmmaker György Pálfi and co-writer Zsófia Ruttkay

  • A hal (short film)

  • Shaman vs Icarus (short film)

  • Theatrical Trailer

  • Booklet with an essay by Josh Hurtado

  • Complete Hukkle script

  • Slipcover art by Aleksander Walijewski

  • English subtitles

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* Also available, György Pálfi's short films A Hal (1997), Shaman vs Icarus (2003), and I Will Not Be Your Friend (2009)