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A quiet young man returns to the wild, isolated landscape of the Delta. It is a labyrinth of waterways, small islands and over-grown vegetation, where the villagers are cut off from the outside world.
The young man, who has been away since early childhood, is introduced to a sister he never knew he had. She is frail and timid, but resolute when she decides to join him in his run-down hut on the shore. Together they build a house on stilts in the middle of the river, far away from everyone else.
Flooded with the striking visual scenery of the Danube Delta which has lead some critics to remark on it’s visual similarity to Malick’s Days of Heaven, this aspect of the film alone made it a standout at Cannes.
Add a haunting musical score composed by violin virtuoso Felix Lajko and you have a creative work of film art that deserves recognition on multiple fronts.
Awards: Cannes Film Festival, 2008, FIPRESCI Prize; Cottbus Film Festival of Young Eastern European Film, 2008, Don Quixote Award; Hungarian Film Week, 2008, "Gene Moskowitz" Critics Award, Best Music, Grand Prize
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Hungary / Germany / 2008 / 92mins / Director: Kornél Mundruczó / Cert: 15 / ICA Films
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