Kontroll
Apparently a pretty decent low-budget Hungarian film set mostly in the subways, this film played last week here in New York City -- but unfortunately I missed it.
A slapstick tale of redemption set in the Budapest subway system, Kontroll centers around the brooding, charismatic Bulcsú and is return to grace. Once a promising young professional above ground, Bulcsú now spends his days and nights wandering the tunnels as the reluctant leader of a ragtag group of ticket inspectors. Lower, even, then the traffic police, they dally forth daily to fight sad and hilarious uphill battles against hostile straphangers, abusive punks, pimps, pickpockets and drunken tarts. Other, more troubling antagonists include rival gangs of inspectors, and a malevolent hooded angel of darkness hom Bulcsú confronts in the film’s final showdown. A selection of the 2005 New Directors/New Films festival and the Critics’ Week in Cannes, Kontroll is a poignant tale of one lost soul’s journey toward love and salvation.
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it's a good film. Very dark and moody, claustrophobic. Put it in your Netflix queue...it's worth a view.
