Taxidermia

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Taxidermia is a surreal, darkly comic Hungarian film known for its grotesque imagery and multi-generational narrative exploring obsession, the body, and national history.

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instanceOf Hungarian film
film
awardReceived Best Director – Transilvania International Film Festival 2006
Special Jury Prize – Porto International Film Festival 2007
basedOn short stories by Lajos Parti Nagy
cinematographyBy Gergely Pohárnok
countryOfOrigin Hungary
criticalReception generally positive among international critics
director György Pálfi
distributionTerritory Europe
North America
distributor Palm Pictures
editingBy Réka Lemhényi
filmRatingSystem often rated for adults only due to explicit content
genre black comedy film
body horror film
drama film
surreal film
hasCultFollowing true
mainCharacter Kálmán Balatony
Lajoska Balatony
Morosgoványi Vendel
musicBy Amon Tobin
Gábor Erdélyi
narrativeStructure multi-generational story
notableFor extreme body transformation scenes
grotesque imagery
originalLanguage Hungarian
premiereEvent Cannes Film Festival 2006 – Un Certain Regard
linked to: Un Certain Regard
producer András Muhi
productionCompany Eurofilm Studio
releaseDate 2006-05-11
releaseYear 2006
runtimeMinutes 91
screenwriter György Pálfi
Zsófia Ruttkay
settingPeriod World War II era
post-communist Hungary
socialist Hungary
starredActor Adél Stanczel
Csaba Czene
Gergely Trócsányi
linked to: Gergely Pohárnok

Piroska Molnár
theme Hungarian national history
decay
desire
obsession
the human body
violence

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Hungarian cinema notableFilm Taxidermia
György Pálfi notableWork Taxidermia
György Pálfi hasWork Taxidermia