Taxidermia

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Taxidermia is a surreal, darkly comic Hungarian film known for its grotesque imagery and multi-generational narrative exploring obsession, the body, and national history.

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Taxidermia canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hungarian film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Best Director – Transilvania International Film Festival 2006 ⓘ
Special Jury Prize – Porto International Film Festival 2007 ⓘ
basedOn short stories by Lajos Parti Nagy ⓘ
cinematographyBy Gergely Pohárnok ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Hungary ⓘ
criticalReception generally positive among international critics ⓘ
director György Pálfi ⓘ
distributionTerritory Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
distributor Palm Pictures ⓘ
editingBy Réka Lemhényi ⓘ
filmRatingSystem often rated for adults only due to explicit content ⓘ
genre black comedy film ⓘ
body horror film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
surreal film ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
mainCharacter Kálmán Balatony ⓘ
Lajoska Balatony ⓘ
Morosgoványi Vendel ⓘ
musicBy Amon Tobin ⓘ
Gábor Erdélyi ⓘ
narrativeStructure multi-generational story ⓘ
notableFor extreme body transformation scenes ⓘ
grotesque imagery ⓘ
originalLanguage Hungarian ⓘ
premiereEvent Cannes Film Festival 2006 – Un Certain Regard ⓘ
linked to: Un Certain Regard
producer András Muhi ⓘ
productionCompany Eurofilm Studio ⓘ
releaseDate 2006-05-11 ⓘ
releaseYear 2006 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 91 ⓘ
screenwriter György Pálfi ⓘ
Zsófia Ruttkay ⓘ
settingPeriod World War II era ⓘ
post-communist Hungary ⓘ
socialist Hungary ⓘ
starredActor Adél Stanczel ⓘ
Csaba Czene ⓘ
Gergely Trócsányi ⓘ
linked to: Gergely Pohárnok

Piroska Molnár ⓘ
theme Hungarian national history ⓘ
decay ⓘ
desire ⓘ
obsession ⓘ
the human body ⓘ
violence ⓘ

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Hungarian cinema → notableFilm → Taxidermia ⓘ
György Pálfi → notableWork → Taxidermia ⓘ
György Pálfi → hasWork → Taxidermia ⓘ