IMDb > Delta (2008)
Videos
Delta (2008) -- kino-zeit.de - Trailer (Flash)
IMDb Holiday Movie Guide

Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   426 votes
MOVIEmeter: ?
Up 3% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Director:
Kornél Mundruczó
Writers:
Yvette Biro (screenplay)
Kornél Mundruczó (screenplay)
Contact:
View company contact information for Delta on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
11 September 2008 (Hungary) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot Keywords:
more
Awards:
5 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Mundruczo Filming 'Frankenstein' in Multiple Seasons
 (From ioncinema. 28 August 2009)
Ioan Antoci's 'Japanese Dog' is awarded Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize
 (From ioncinema. 28 May 2009)
User Comments:
jealousy more (9 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Félix Lajkó ... Mihail

Orsolya Tóth ... Fauna
Lili Monori ... Mother
Sándor Gáspár ... Mother's lover
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lajos Bertók ... Mihail (scenes deleted)
Mari Kiss ... (scenes deleted)
Martin Wuttke
more
Create a character page for: ?

Additional Details

Parents Guide:
Add content advisory for parents
Runtime:
96 min | Canada:92 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
Hungary | Germany
Language:
Hungarian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
UK:18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:16 | Mexico:B15 | Argentina:16 | France:U (with warning) | Canada:PG (Ontario)
Filming Locations:
Romania
Company:
Proton Cinema more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
After shooting the first half of the movie, the second half of filming was planned to start November 2006. After the sudden death of lead actor Lajos Bertók in July, the fate of the production was in jeopardy for months. Filming restarted in 2007 with Félix Lajkó taking the lead role. more

FAQ

This FAQ is empty. Add the first question.

User Comments

   (Comment on this title)
7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
jealousy, 20 June 2009
10/10
Author: matthewscott8 from United Kingdom

A young man comes back from wandering to his home town on the Danube (in Romania). We don't know how long he's been gone or much about what he's been doing. When people ask him intrusive questions he just stares at them. He looks very ragged, like he hasn't had a shave or a haircut in three months.

He finds out when he briefly visits mum that he's got a half-sister called Fauna. He decides he wants to live out in the marshes of the delta, and Fauna runs off with him, in an incestuous fever. Some of you may have heard of the phenomenon referred to as Genetic Sexual Attraction. This is when siblings live apart until they meet at adulthood, at which point they feel an overwhelming sexual attraction for one another. So just in case anyone would feel the incestuous side of the story is unrealistic, I promise you it isn't.

Mihail and Fauna live in a shack in the delta, building a house on stilts in the middle of the lake during the daytime. This is presumably so they can get away from the copious amphibians, and the toad chorus that is their bedtime accompaniment. The toads actually may well represent the townspeople.

It's a pretty minimalistic film and slow film (the credits include a thanks to Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky), with marvellous cinematography. Cinematographer Mátyás Erdély is into his abstract patterns and we see some great shots for example of timber stacks and swirling inky black water. There's also a panning shot of the delta that would make a dutch genre painter salivate, and a funeral scene that would stir the bones of Tarkovsky. For sure there are moments to sigh and gasp with the at the cinematography.

It's obvious all along that things aren't going to end well. Fauna's stepfather is jealous and the local scum have decided that Fauna and Mihail are setting themselves up above everyone else. What is beautiful, tear it down.

The film reminds me of an aphorism I heard once heard, there are two peasants, the first of whom has a cow. The second peasant is visited by God who says that he is willing to grant him one wish, the ignorant peasant's wish is that God kills his neighbour's cow.

It's not a licentious film, there is no emphasis on the incest and the sex side of things. However there are scenes that are not for the faint of heart.

Some reviewers have tried to paint a picture of this film as incomprehensible, don't be misled into believing that. There are even mystical touches to this film, there's something deep and primal and wet about the delta, I felt almost like I was waste deep in water at points. It's maybe about a closeness to god, or whatever secular equivalent you feel deep within. The delta is where the land crumbles away, it's fertile and gliding into an ocean. Forget it's the Danube and the Black Sea, and feel the essence, the fertility, the clarity, and the flow. At the end I was left with the taste of vodka and watermelon, and an intense feeling of immense communal jealousy

Was the above comment useful to you?
more (9 total)

Message Boards

Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Delta (2008)
Recent Posts (updated daily)User
the silver cup thebucketrider
Review of Delta at DVD Reviewer george_a_romero
more

Recommendations

If you enjoyed this title, our database also recommends:
- - - - -
Kika Sunshine Szép napok Antonia La caduta degli dei
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
IMDb User Rating:
Show more recommendations

Related Links

Full cast and crew Company credits External reviews
News articles IMDb Drama section IMDb Hungary section
Add this title to MyMovies

You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update. Clicking the 'Update' button will take you through a step-by-step process.