Year: 2009
Directors: Peter Strickland
Writers: Peter Strickland
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Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 7 out of 10
Something of a feminist revenge movie, set in rural Hungarian-Romanian Transylvania, Katalin Varga is Peter Strickland’s feature debut, and it’s impressive. Hilda Péter plays the titular character, banished by her husband after a dark secret is revealed in the opening scenes; she takes her horse and cart, and her young son, and tracks down two men responsible for a violent act from her past.
The nature of the plot is such that I can’t describe it fully without revealing a big spoiler, so I’ll stick to what makes the film work as a whole. First, the performance by Péter is strong and convincing; she’s desperate, lonely and anxious to protect her 10-year-old boy, lying to him about the journey by explaining that it’s a trip to visit Grandma.
Directors: Peter Strickland
Writers: Peter Strickland
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: projectcyclops
Rating: 7 out of 10
Something of a feminist revenge movie, set in rural Hungarian-Romanian Transylvania, Katalin Varga is Peter Strickland’s feature debut, and it’s impressive. Hilda Péter plays the titular character, banished by her husband after a dark secret is revealed in the opening scenes; she takes her horse and cart, and her young son, and tracks down two men responsible for a violent act from her past.
The nature of the plot is such that I can’t describe it fully without revealing a big spoiler, so I’ll stick to what makes the film work as a whole. First, the performance by Péter is strong and convincing; she’s desperate, lonely and anxious to protect her 10-year-old boy, lying to him about the journey by explaining that it’s a trip to visit Grandma.
- 6/24/2009
- QuietEarth.us
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