TAXIDERMIA
by György Pálfi
synopsis
Three generations of a family, who happen to live in Eastern Europe. The story of the grandfather, the awkward hat man of a ruthless captain in the 2nd World War; the father, who is a professional sportsman, and the story of the son, who is a taxidermist, is told by the youngest member of the family. Surrealism and historical facts get mixed up in his imagination, creating a kind of '"fairy realism".
international title: | Taxidermia |
original title: | Taxidermia |
country: | Hungary, Austria, France |
sales agent: | Fortissimo Films |
year: | 2006 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | György Pálfi |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | FR 23/08/2006, BE 30/09/2006, NL 12/10/2006, HU 27/11/2006, NO 10/11/2006, AT 09/02/2007, ES 08/06/2007, UK 13/07/2007 |
screenplay: | György Pálfi |
cast: | Istvan Gyuricza, Adam Derenyi, Istvan Horvath |
cinematography by: | Gergely Pohárnok |
film editing: | Réka Lemhényi |
art director: | Adrien Asztalos, Veronika Merlin |
costumes designer: | Julia Patkos |
music: | Amon Tobin |
producer: | Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Emilie Georges |
production: | Amour Fou Vienna, Memento Production, Eurofilms (HU) |
backing: | Austrian Film Institute, Österreichischer Rundfunk, Vienna Film Fund, Eurimages, MMK, Duna TV, Arte, MEDIA Programme |
distributor: | Lusomundo (PT), MFI (ex-Memento Films) (FR), Imagine Films Distribution (BE), Pool Filmverleih GmbH (AT), Stichting Contact Film Cinematheek (NL), As Fidalgo (NO), Cinemania Group (SI), Tartan Films (UK), Hungarotop (HU) |