Kontroll (2003)

A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, the fellow inspectors on his team, all without exception likeable characters, a rival ticket inspection team, and racing along the tracks... And a tale about love.

Director:

Nimród Antal

Writers:

Jim Adler, Nimród Antal

Stars:

Sándor Csányi, Eszter Balla, Zoltán Mucsi

18 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sándor Csányi	...	Bulcsú
Zoltán Mucsi	...	Professor
Csaba Pindroch	...	Muki
Sándor Badár	...	Lecsó
Zsolt Nagy	...	Tibi
Eszter Balla	...	Szofi
Lajos Kovács	...	Béla
Bence Mátyássy	...	Gyalogkakukk (Bootsie)
Gyözö Szabó	...	Shadow
Péter Scherer	...	Chief
György Cserhalmi	...	Big Boss
László Nádasi	...	Laci
János Kulka	...	Feri
Enikö Eszenyi	...	Drunken Woman
Zsolt László	...	K., Kripli (Nub)

Storyline

Ghost trains and ghostly characters, figuratively speaking of course, are what run through the perpetual night of this underground metro system. Bulcsú's (Sándor Csányi) life that once was, on the surface, where the real people go home after work, who go to the movies or a fine restaurant is now replaced by the dark, cold and solitude arena of his new dwellings. He, and his motley crew of ragtag metro ticket Kontrollers must patrol the trains that run these City dwellers back and forth and with daily ritual, check that no one dare come down into their world for a free ride. With indifferent passengers, a possible love interest, a regime set on competition and to top it all a mysterious serial killer at large, Kontroll is a dark and bleak comedy of the world of the ticket inspector, who, in the end must keep this Metro system running. If not, what would be the worst that could happen, if they ever lost control? Dare you ride here for free, too?

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Plot Keywords:

train | ticket | love | dare | running | 

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Taglines:

Murder. Mystery. Romance. Just another ride on the subway.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

14A

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany] official site [Hungary]

Country:

Hungary

Language:

Hungarian

Release Date:

20 November 2003 (Hungary)

Also Known As:

Control

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Box Office

Budget:

HUF 100,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$10,098 (USA) (1 April 2005)

Gross:

$235,364 (USA) (26 August 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Café Film, Bonfire

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film was shot for five hours every night when the subway system had shut down.

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Goofs

The shaving foam on Tibi's face changes during the chase of Bootsie.

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Quotes

K., Kripli: The second our train pulled out, they jumped onto the tracks and started to run after us. It's not easy because the ground is covered with tubes and cables and the tracks are there, too. Your lungs fill with graphite powder and you can't breathe. The problem is the next train.
Tibi: Wait, wait, wait... This IS the last train.
K., Kripli: The last passenger train. We still have the midnight express behind us.
Tibi: The midnight express? What's that?
K., Kripli: It's the real last train. It's the last train that heads back to the ...
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Connections

References Alien³ (1992)

User Reviews

wow!!!!!!!

This is such a great film from a first time director. This movie makes you fall in love with the character and actually care whats going on in his life. And they do this with great music, funny situations, and some fun action scenes. This is definitely a treat if you can find it somewhere. This is one of my favorite films that has been shown at south by southwest, it goes along side The Thing About my Folks, and Palindromes. I can't wait until this comes out to DVD in America, i am definitely going to buy this film. Overall i give it a 9.1 of 10. Don't mess out on a chance to watch this movie.

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