Hukkle

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Hukkle

Directed by	György Pálfi
Produced by	Csaba Bereczki András Böhm
Written by	György Pálfi
Starring	Ferenc Bandi Józsefné Rácz
Distributed by	...
Release date(s)	2002
Running time	78 min.
Language	Hungarian / Czech
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Hukkle is a 2002 Hungarian movie, which is translated as 'to hiccup'. It's about the daily life of people in a random village which seems beautiful and harmless. But there is something mysterious going on.

1 Characters
2 Plot
3 Trivia
4 Awards
- 4.1 Wins
- 4.2 Nominations

[edit] Characters

Ferenc Bandi - Csuklik bácsi
Józsefné Rácz - Bába
József Forkas - Rendõr
Ferenc Nagy - Méhész
Ferencné Virág - A méhész felesége
Mihályné Király - Nagymama
Mihály Király - Nagypapa
Eszter Ónodi - Városi anya
Attila Kaszás - Városi papa
Szimonetta Koncz - Városi kislány
Gábor Nagy - Városi kisfiú
Jánosné Gyõri - Postás
Edit Nagy - Pásztorlány
János F. Kovács - Vízhordó fiú

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[edit] Plot

The story takes place in an ordinary village in Hungary. It starts with an old man who has a hiccup and takes place in front of his house with a can of milk. He observes the daily habits of the villagers. Then there are a lot of sequences about all kinds of events: a young man drives on his horse with car filled with milkcans. Normally he would clean them, but now he's distracted by a girl sitting in sun; a threshing-machine is harvesting; a cat gets poisoned and eventually dies; a mole gets killed by an old lady who to ploughs the ground. She gives it to her dog; a farmer takes his pig to a sow for copulation, and both farmers watch satisfied when the pigs copulate; the men of the village play a game of bowl to kill time; the old man is still having a hiccup.

It seems like an idyllic village, but there are some mysterious things happening. During all the events there are some sequences about women trading bottles with unknown liquids. From time to time someone dies and the whole village walks up with the chest and the widow to give a little comfort. But it all seems harmless and normal life continues after the burials. When a fisher-man disappears, a local police man is determined to find out what happened. But in the end he hasn't figured out what has happened with the man.

With (almost) no dialogue in the movie, it seems that the events around the villagers, animals and plants don't have any meaning. But in the end of the movie, there is a wedding where some girls sing an old folksong which reveals the whole murder-mystery.

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[edit] Awards

[edit] Wins

Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema, Audience Award: (György Pálfi )
Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema, FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention: (György Pálfi )
Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema, First Work Award of the Student Jury: (György Pálfi )
Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema, Special Price: Feature Film Competition

(György Pálfi), Gergely Pohárnok

European Film Awards, European Discovery of the Year: (György Pálfi)
Hong Kong International Film Festival, Golden Firebird Award: (György Pálfi)
Hungarian Film Critics Awards, Film Critics Award:Best Cinematography (Gergely Pohárnok)
Hungarian Film Critics Awards, Film Critics Award: Best Sound (Tamás Zányi)
Hungarian Film Critics Awards, László B. Nagy Award: (György Pálfi)
Hungarian Film Week, "Gene Moskowitz" Critics Award: (György Pálfi)
Hungarian Film Week, Best Debut Film: (György Pálfi)
Molodist International Film Festival, Festival Diploma: Best Full-Length Fiction Film (György Pálfi)
Paris Film Festival, Special Mention: (György Pálfi)
San Sebastián International Film Festival, Best New Director - Special Mention: (György Pálfi), Csaba Bereczki, András Böhm
Santa Fe Film Festival, Luminaria: Best Feature (György Pálfi)
Sochi International Film Festival, Golden Rose (György Pálfi)