Kontroll (2003)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Nimród Antal

Writers:

Jim Adler (writer)
Nimród Antal (writer)

Release Date:

20 November 2003 (Hungary)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Murder. Mystery. Romance. Just another ride on the subway.

Plot:

A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, his fellow inspectors, who are all without exception likeable characters, a rival ticket inspection team, and racing along the tracks... And a tale about love.

Plot Keywords:

Train | Ticket | Dare | Dark | Subway

Awards:

17 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Sándor Csányi	...	Bulcsú
Zoltán Mucsi	...	Professor
Csaba Pindroch	...	Muki
Sándor Badár	...	Lecsó
Zsolt Nagy	...	Tibi
Bence Mátyássy	...	Gyalogkakukk (Bootsie)
Gyözö Szabó	...	Shadow
Eszter Balla	...	Szofi
László Nádasi	...	Laci
Péter Scherer	...	Chief
Lajos Kovács	...	Béla
Károly Horváth	...	Tamás
György Cserhalmi	...	Big Boss
János Kulka	...	Feri
László Bicskei Kiss	...	Doki

Also Known As:

Control (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

Hungary:105 min | Germany:111 min | Argentina:107 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Country:

Hungary

Language:

Hungarian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo | DTS

Certification:

UK:15 | Hungary:16 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Sweden:15 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Company:

Café Film

Trivia:

There are no clues who or what the evil Árnyék character is.

Goofs:

Continuity: The drunken woman on the escalator at the beginning of the film is wearing a belt which moves around between shots.

Quotes:

Szofi: [at subway vending machines] Nice place. Come here often?
Bulcsú: Only when I really want to impress a girl.

Movie Connections:

References Alien³ (1992)

An excellent, competitive Hungarian movie

At long last there is an excellent, competitive Hungarian movie about different ways of the ego and soul, about love and crime and the background there is symbolic world of subway. I really enjoyed the characters because they all are basic symbols of our life. There is the good, the bad, the lover, the friend and so many characters who can help the protagonist to reach his right way of self-realization and in the other hand there are the dark forces, all those who try to balk our hero to reach the glory. But what the glory really is? It's always personal and different. The same in all ways is to make the dream true. Our hero can beat his evil instincts with love and reach the glory (and to be able to make his dreams true). After all I really enjoyed Nimród Antal first movie and my advice is the next: U have to see it!