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Director:

Nimród Antal

Writers:

Jim Adler (writer)
Nimród Antal (writer)

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Release Date:

20 November 2003 (Hungary) more

Tagline:

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

Plot:

A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, his fellow inspectors, who are all without exception likeable characters, a rival ticket inspection team, and racing along the tracks... And a tale about love. full summary | add synopsis

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17 wins & 3 nominations more

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(4 articles)

Nimród Antal directing Predators
 (From QuietEarth. 2 July 2009, 12:08 PM, PDT)

Rodriguez Confirms Nimrod Antal is Directing Predators
 (From FirstShowing.net. 2 July 2009, 4:03 AM, PDT)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Sándor Csányi ... Bulcsú
Zoltán Mucsi ... Professor
Csaba Pindroch ... Muki
Sándor Badár ... Lecsó
Zsolt Nagy ... Tibi
Bence Mátyássy ... Gyalogkakukk (Bootsie)
Gyözö Szabó ... Shadow
Eszter Balla ... Szofi
László Nádasi ... Laci
Péter Scherer ... Chief
Lajos Kovács ... Béla
Károly Horváth ... Tamás
György Cserhalmi ... Big Boss
János Kulka ... Feri
László Bicskei Kiss ... Doki
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Control (International: English title)
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MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

Hungary:105 min | Germany:111 min | Argentina:107 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Country:

Hungary

Language:

Hungarian

Color:

Color

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1.85 : 1 more

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DTS-Stereo | DTS

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary more

Company:

Café Film more


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Trivia:

In an Interview, director Nimród Antal said that Andrei Tarkovsky's Solyaris (1972) was a great inspiration for his film. more

Goofs:

Continuity: In the beginning of the movie, when the drunken lady is going down the escalator, she shoots the top off the champagne and it foams all over the railing in front of her, causing a large wet spot which she passes. In the next scene when she is drinking from the bottle, the champagne spot is in front of her, and she approaches and passes the same spot again. more

Quotes:

Szofi: [at subway vending machines] Nice place. Come here often?
Bulcsú: Only when I really want to impress a girl.
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Movie Connections:

References Alien³ (1992) more


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30 out of 35 people found the following comment useful.
Bulcsú's past, 17 February 2007
10/10
Author: Camera Obscura from Leiden, The Dutch Mountains

CONTROL (Nimród Antal - Hungary 2003).

The film opens with a prologue featuring a real-life Budapest metro official declaring this film is in no way representative of Budapest's underground system, but nevertheless he's in full support (!) of this feature. Probably enscenated by the director, or he must be one hell of a charming fellow to convince the underground authorities in Budapest to allow this kind of endorsement.

This is a smart film. A cynical blender of genres and styles, completely in tune with the 21th century world of chaos, anarchy, despair and poverty we live in. It's a modern language. If this was American, it would define a generation. I'm positive it had this effect on many young Hungarians.

We have a closely confined space here: The Budapest underground rail system. Bulcsú, our main protagonist, is a controller in the Budapest metro. That's his job, leading a motley bunch of rival ticket inspectors. The film never comes above ground. Bulcsú never even leaves the system. He sleeps on the platforms, all he seems to eat or drink is coffee from the machines on the platforms. God knows what he lives on.

The crucial part is in the second half when Bulcsú meets an acquaintance of him on the platform, an middle-aged man who seems like a former professor of him or some kind of mentor. He is clearly embarrassed to run into him in the state he's in. What is it he's hiding from? He seems a well-educated young man. His acquaintance speaks of the promising young Bulcsú. Was he a promising scientist? What was his life like prior to the hellish job he does now? The rest, the extremely aggressive and unwilling passengers, rivalry among colleague ticket inspectors, even a shadowy serial killer who pushes unsuspecting travelers before trains, it's all a sideshow, but a brilliant one. The perfect backdrop for his troubled existence.

Sándor Csányi gives a brilliantly understated performance, perfectly in tune with the daylight-ridden world he lives in.

The silent scene where Bulcsú sits on a large ventilator shaft, echos Ridley Scott, a kind of existential ALIEN-film. Long tracking shots, a neon-lit world, an energetic techno-driven soundtrack. One can argue about the choice of music, the moral stance of the incredibly aggressive passengers but all is perfectly on par with the director's visual ideas. This director is in total control and knows how to express his ideas on film.

Very impressive, make sure you see this.

A small side-note: Nimród Antal, who grew up in LA, is currently finishing his latest film VACANCY, starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson, scheduled for US release on 20 April 2007 and, I can hardly believe it, a cinematic release in the Netherlands as well, scheduled for 19 July 2007). I expect the worst and hope for the best.

Camera Obscura --- 10/10

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