Hukkle
When
Runs from
Friday June 14 2024
to Sunday June 23 2024
Approximate running time: 2 hours
Venue
Event Notes
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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. (75 minutes)
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. (75 minutes)