Taxidermia
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Taxidermia is a surreal, darkly comic Hungarian film known for its grotesque imagery and multi-generational narrative exploring obsession, the body, and national history.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hungarian film
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film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Best Director – Transilvania International Film Festival 2006
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Special Jury Prize – Porto International Film Festival 2007 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | short stories by Lajos Parti Nagy ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Gergely Pohárnok NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive among international critics ⓘ |
| director | György Pálfi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionTerritory |
Europe
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North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Palm Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editingBy | Réka Lemhényi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmRatingSystem | often rated for adults only due to explicit content ⓘ |
| genre |
black comedy film
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body horror film ⓘ drama film ⓘ surreal film ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Kálmán Balatony
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Lajoska Balatony NERFINISHED ⓘ Morosgoványi Vendel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy |
Amon Tobin
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Gábor Erdélyi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | multi-generational story ⓘ |
| notableFor |
extreme body transformation scenes
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grotesque imagery ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Hungarian ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | Cannes Film Festival 2006 – Un Certain Regard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | András Muhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Eurofilm Studio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2006-05-11 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 91 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
György Pálfi
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Zsófia Ruttkay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
World War II era
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post-communist Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ socialist Hungary ⓘ |
| starredActor |
Adél Stanczel
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Csaba Czene NERFINISHED ⓘ Gergely Trócsányi NERFINISHED ⓘ Piroska Molnár NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
Hungarian national history
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decay ⓘ desire ⓘ obsession ⓘ the human body ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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