(HUNGARY)
KONTROLL - Nimrod Antal

Set in the underworld of the Budapest subway system Antal's dark, action-packed thriller has been a critical and commercial hit in Hungary and throughout Europe. Already a bit of a cult sensation, the blackly humorous and visually stylish events follow a band of scorned, rag-tag subway ticket-control officers who patrol a subterranean world populated by every sort of troublesome individual. Into their hallucinatory mix comes a rash of suicides, or perhaps the work of a serial killer that seems to mysteriously be able to push passengers into the path of oncoming trains. As Bulcsú, the leader of the team pushes the investigation he becomes the prime murder suspect, sinking deeper and deeper into a paranoid urban nightmare as dark and labyrinthine as the underground tunnels themselves. This year’s Hungarian submission for the Best Foreign Film Oscar and the winner of numerous Hungarian and international film prizes, Kontroll creates a comic, surreal and menacing reality. (1:46:00) Print courtesy of Thinkfilm.

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Showtimes:
18-02-2005 | 9.30PM | GU
19-02-2005 | 9.15PM | GU