TAXIDERMIA
by György Pálfi
synopsis
Three generations of a family, who happen to live in Eastern Europe. The story of the grandfather, the awkward hat man of a ruthless captain in the 2nd World War; the father, who is a professional sportsman, and the story of the son, who is a taxidermist, is told by the youngest member of the family. Surrealism and historical facts get mixed up in his imagination, creating a kind of '"fairy realism".
| international title: | Taxidermia |
| original title: | Taxidermia |
| country: | Hungary, Austria, France |
| sales agent: | Fortissimo Films |
| year: | 2004 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | György Pálfi |
| film run: | 90' |
| release date: | FR 23/08/2006, BE 30/09/2006, NL 12/10/2006, HU 27/11/2006, NO 10/11/2006, AT 09/02/2007, ES 08/06/2007, UK 13/07/2007 |
| screenplay: | György Pálfi |
| cast: | Istvan Gyuricza, Adam Derenyi, Istvan Horvath |
| cinematography by: | Gergely Pohárnok |
| film editing: | Reka Lemhenyi |
| art director: | Adrien Asztalos, Veronika Merlin |
| costumes designer: | Julia Patkos |
| music: | Amon Tobin |
| producer: | Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Emilie Georges |
| production: | Amour Fou Filmproduktion, Memento Films, Eurofilms (HU) |
| backing: | Austrian Film Institute, Österreichischer Rundfunk, Vienna Film Fund, Eurimages, MMK, Duna TV, Arte, MEDIA Programme |
| distributor: | Lusomundo (PT), MFI (ex-Memento Films) (FR), Imagine Films Distribution (BE), Pool Filmverleih GmbH (AT), Stichting Contact Film Cinematheek (NL), As Fidalgo (NO), Cinemania Group (SI), Tartan Films (UK), Hungarotop (HU) |
