Hukkle
Hungary • 2002
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.
Runtime
Language
Subtitles
Color
Format
Sound
75 minutes
Hungarian, Czech
English
Color
1.85:1
5.1
György Pálfi
Ferenc Bandi, Józsefné Rácz, József Farkas, Ferenc Nagy
Director & writer
Starring
BLU-RAY
DETAILS
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)