A Londoni férfi (2007)

Directors:

Béla Tarr
Ágnes Hranitzky (co-director)

Writers:

Georges Simenon (novel)
Béla Tarr (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

1 November 2007 (Greece)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

Plot:

One night Maloin, a switchman at a seaside railway station situated by a ferry harbour, witnesses a terrible event...

Plot Keywords:

Suitcase | Night | Money | Cafe | Place Name In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Miroslav Krobot	...	Maloin
Tilda Swinton	...	Camélia
Ági Szirtes	...	Mrs. Brown
János Derzsi	...	Brown
Erika Bók	...	Henriette
Gyula Pauer	...	Tapster
István Lénárt	...	Morrison
Kati Lázár	...	Butcher's Wife
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Éva Almássy Albert
László feLugossy
Philippe Guerrini
Alfréd Járai
Mihály Kormos
Jacques Pilippi

Also Known As:

Der Mann aus London (Germany)
L'homme de Londres (France)
The Man from London (International: English title)

Runtime:

139 min

Country:

France | Germany | Hungary

Language:

Hungarian

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14A | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Bastia, Haute-Corse, France

Company:

TT Filmmûhely

Trivia:

The suicide of producer Humbert Balsan on 10 February 2005, prompted director Béla Tarr to shut down production of this film, after disputes with the other producers over a possible change in the film's financing.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Maloin and the bartender set up the chessboard and pieces for their daily game, they place the board with a black square in the lower right corner. (The baseball equivalent would be to have the catcher and batter set up at first base instead of home plate!)

Movie Connections:

Version of Temptation Harbour (1947)

Left halfway through...

...and I NEVER do that at the movies! I saw this at a press screening last night, and all that I can say is anyone who says they enjoyed this film has to either be unbelievably pretentious or just flat-out pretending.

An hour in and NOTHING HAPPENED! Without a doubt the most BORING film I have ever seen. I can't believe I lasted that long without falling asleep, although I did feel my eyes getting frequently heavy.

It also had the most terrible dubbing I've seen in ages, it reminded me of that guy from the Police Academy movies with the voice effects! Tilda Swinton was obviously speaking English because he lips matched the subtitles. Why bother to dub iit into FRENCH (err wasn't this supposed to be a Hungarian film?) and then subtitle it in English?

Avoid like the plague.