Hukkle

Name: Hukkle
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Crime
Released: November 14, 2003
Duration: 78 min
Rating: 77

2003

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Home Vision Entertainment (HVE) | Release Date: November 14, 2003 | Unrated

Summary: A "fictional" documentary detailing the natural history of life in a Hungarian village.

Director: György Pálfi

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Crime

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 78 min

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Steven Rea

A beautiful eyeful of puckish whimsy and dark-humored mystery, Hukkle (it means hiccup in Hungarian) is a little gem in which nature and humankind commingle, where coincidence and causality collide in a chain of odd, even murderous, events. Read full review

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G. Allen Johnson

Each shot is its own little miracle. Read full review

Eric Campos

I love a nice, quiet film. It’s so relaxing and such a nice break from the flashy multiplex fare. I love watching films that you can let just wash over you. The Hungarian film Hukkle provides that comfort, while at the same time coming up with an inventive way to tell a story. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Unclassifiable and wildly original, it is almost wordless but teeming with sound. Read full review

Roger Ebert

The film is told almost entirely without dialogue, but is alive to sound; we spend observant, introspective hours in a Hungarian hamlet where nothing much seems to happen -- oh, except that there's a suspicious death. Read full review

David Sterritt

Hovering between vivid countryside documentary and understated melodrama, this almost wordless film is a unique excursion into fascinating territory. Read full review

Frank Scheck

At once impressive and indulgent, hypnotic and patience-inducing with its languorous rhythms. It is, in other words, decidedly not for everyone. Read full review

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Trailesque

Jul 12, 2022

A very interesting and atypical film. You could call it avant-garde, but it also has a lot in common with old silent films. There is no real narrative, and no dialogue, althou there is a song near the end. A few characters appear and go about their business, but so do frogs, factories,A very interesting and atypical film. You could call it avant-garde, but it also has a lot in common with old silent films. There is no real narrative, and no dialogue, althou there is a song near the end. A few characters appear and go about their business, but so do frogs, factories, farmers, surprising effects, etc. Through creative editing, a picture of a small Hungarian town emerges.… Expand

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