TAXIDERMIA

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Synopsis

Three stories. Three ages. Three men. Grandfather, father, son. One is an orderly, one is a leading sportsman, and one is a master taxidermist. One desires love, the other success, and the third immortality.

Like the novels from Gabriel Garcia Marquez, or the works of the popular contemporary Hungarian writer, Parti Nagy Lajos, surrealism and historical facts are mixed to create a kind of "fairy realism". As the 20th century draws to a close, we witness history as seen through the eyes of three generations of a Hungarian family…

Selected Festivals:
Chicago IFF - Silver Hugo
Transilvania IFF - Best Director
Hungarian Film Week - Grand Prize, Critics Award, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress
Fantasporto FF - Audience Award
Brussels European FF - Best Film
Antalya Eurasia Filmfest - Best Director
Tallinn Black Nights - Critics' Award for Best Film
Cannes Un Certain Regard
Toronto IFF
Pusan IFF
London FF
Karlovy Vary IFF

Year

2006

Duration

91 Mins

Genre

Drama

Country

Hungary

Director

György Pálfi studied directing from 1995-2000 at the Theatre and Film Academy in Budapest under Sándor Simó. Palfi’s first feature, Hukkle, won the Fassbinder Award of the European Film Academy in 2003, and Best First Film, the Gene Moskowitz Prize of Foreign Critics, the Student Award, and the Hungarian Critics Award at the 33rd Hungarian Filmweek. He shared the Best Director prize at the 35rd Hungarian Filmweek for his segment, “Shaman vs. Icarus,” in the omnibus film A Bus Came… Taxidermia, which he co-wrote with his wife, Zsófia Ruttkay, won the award for Best Film and the Gene Moskowitz Prize of Foreign Critics at the 37th Hungarian Filmweek. Their screenplay won the Sundance/NHK award for Best European Film Project in 2004.

Producers

Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu
Alexandre Mallet-Guy
Emilie Georges
Gábor Váradi
Gabriele Kranzelbinder
Péter Miskolczi

Cast

Adél Stanczel
Csaba Czene
Gábor Máté
Gergő Trócsányi
Géza Hegedžs D.
István Gyuricza
István Hunyadkürti
Marc Bischoff
Piroska Molnár

Additional Credits

Production Company
Amour Fou Filmproduktion
Production Company
Eurofilm Studio
Production Company
La Cinéfacture
Production Company
Memento Films
Co-production Company
Arte France
Screenplay
György Pálfi
Screenplay
Zsófia Ruttkay
Based on a short story by
Lajos Parti Nagy
Cinematography
Gergely Pohárnok
Production Designer
Adrien Asztalos
Music
Albert Márkos
Music
Amon Tobin
Editor
Réka Lemhényi
Sound
Tamás Zányi
Costume
Júlia Patkós
Set Designer
Géza Szöllõsi
Casting
Attila Réthly
Make-up
Hildegard Haide