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Taxidermia

Taxidermia
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGyörgy Pálfi
Written by
  • György Pálfi
  • Zsófia Ruttkay
Based onshort stories
by Lajos Parti Nagy
Produced by
  • Péter Miskolczi
  • Gábor Váradi
Starring
  • Csaba Czene
  • Gergely Trócsányi
  • Piroska Molnár
  • Adél Stanczel
CinematographyGergely Pohárnok
Edited byRéka Lemhényi
Music byAmon Tobin
Production
companies
  • Amour Fou Filmproduktion
  • Eurofilm Stúdió
  • Katapult Film
  • La Cinéfacture
  • Memento Films Production
Distributed by
  • Pool Filmverlieh (Austria)
  • Memento Films (France)
Release dates
  • 3 February 2006 (2006-02-03) (Hungarian Film Festival)
  • 19 May 2006 (2006-05-19) (Cannes)
  • 9 November 2006 (2006-11-09) (Hungary)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Hungary
  • Austria
  • France
Languages
  • Hungarian
  • English
  • Russian
BudgetHUF 500 million[2]
(US$2.4 million)
Box office$11,408 (US)[3]

Taxidermia is a 2006 Hungarian surrealist comedy-drama horror film directed and co-written by György Pálfi. An international co-production of Hungary, Austria and France, the film spins a metaphorical socio-political retelling of Hungary's history from the Second World War to the present day.[4]

With elements of dark comedy and body horror, the story is told by means of three generations of Hungarian men, commencing with a WWII military orderly, moving on to a Cold War-era aspiring speed-eater, and concluding with a modern-day taxidermist. It received positive reviews.

  1. ^ "TAXIDERMIA (18)". British Board of Film Classification. 19 June 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Taxidermia (2006) - Box office / business". Internet Movie Database. Amazon.com. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Taxidermia (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  4. ^ "imdb.com". forum discussion. Retrieved 7 January 2012.[dead link]

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