Katalin Varga

2009
1h 22min

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Banished by her husband and her village, Katalin Varga is left with no other choice than to set out on a quest to find the real father of her son, OrbÃ¡n. Taking OrbÃ¡n with her under another pretence, Katalin travels through the Carpathians where she decides to reopen a sinister chapter from her past and take revenge. The hunt leads her to a place, she prayed eleven years prior, she would never set foot in again.

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Crime Drama Thriller

Agrega una trama en tu idiomaKatalin, a woman raped in the Carpathian Mountains, seeks revenge with a boy, questioning morality's complexities as she confronts her past.Katalin, a woman raped in the Carpathian Mountains, seeks revenge with a boy, questioning morality's complexities as she confronts her past.Katalin, a woman raped in the Carpathian Mountains, seeks revenge with a boy, questioning morality's complexities as she confronts her past.

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Premios
- 14 premios ganados y 16 nominaciones en total

Trivia
The film was shot in Romania in July 2006 for around £25,000 with a small crew of 11 people (including transport and catering). Strickland paid everyone on the 17-days-shoot himself, apart from the focus-puller, who agreed to work for free. The whole crew and the actors lived together in an empty house in a small village in the Carpathian Mountains. After the shoot Strickland ran out of money while editing. He approached many UK production companies, but the reaction was always negative because an obscure film by an unknown director, not even in the English language, seemed to put off all UK investors. Only two Romanian producers, Oana Giurgiu and Tudor Giurgiu, paid attention. They saw Strickland's rough cut and came on board as co-producers, providing the funds to make a proper sound-mix and a blow-up from the Super-16mm negatives to 35mm. It was then invited and shown in competition at the '59th Berlin International Film Festival' in 2009 and won the 'Outstanding Artistic Contribution' award for the creative sound design. Without the Romanian producers, the film would never have been properly finished.

Conexiones
Referenced in Cowboy (2017)

Bandas sonoras
The Grave and Beautiful Name of Sadness
excerpts taken from "The Sadness of Thing"

Written by Steven Stapleton and David Tibet
Performed by Steven Stapleton and Geoff Cox

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8/10

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I missed this first time round and am so glad I caught up with it at an afternoon showing at a local independent cinema. Even more encouraging was that I expected to be the only person there but, although only a smattering of people (in a large auditorium), there were enough to create an atmosphere (that may be in my head but hopefully some people will get what I mean). So, transfixed by Hilda Peter from the outset, the film moved beautifully through dreamy countryside as the revelation of a hidden secret drove Katalin and her son away from their marital home. The menacing undertone haunted their journey to remote villages, the audience waiting for the inevitable vengeance to erupt. The nature of the film and its brutal climax prompted something I love to see as the credits rolled. No one moved or spoke. If the audience is out of their seats the second the picture fades I feel either they're relieved the film has finished or have weak bladders or a drink problem. Katalin Varga was successful in conquering the audience, an endorsement of its quality. See it.