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Teströl és Lélekröl (2017)

Drama | 116 minutes
3,73 314 votes

Genre: Drama / Romance

Duration: 116 minuten

Alternative title: On Body and Soul

Country: Hungary

Directed by: Ildikó Enyedi

Stars: Alexandra Borbély, Géza Morcsányi and Zoltán Schneider

IMDb score: 7,5 (30.273)

Releasedate: 2 March 2017

Teströl és Lélekröl plot

In a slaughterhouse in Budapest, Mária has only just started work as the new quality controller and the whispers are already beginning. During lunch in the sterile canteen, the young woman always chooses a table alone, where she sits in silence. She takes her job seriously and strictly follows the rules. Her world is one made up of numbers and data that have been imprinted in her memory since early childhood. Her slightly older boss Endre is also a quiet type. Gradually, the two begin to get to know each other better. Recognizing their spiritual affinity, they are surprised to discover that they have the same dreams at night...

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Fisico (moderator films)

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Finally saw the long-awaited On body and soul. Winner last year in Berlin. I can imagine something. Maybe I should see Félicité, winner of the Jury Prize, soon. On body and soul is a special film about a love affair in a very unusual bizarre location. The slaughterhouse is the setting for this very serenely beautiful film. I don't have a problem with torture like in Saw or Hostel, for example, but these explicit images of cattle slaughtered did something for me.

Both main characters have a socially difficult time making contact with their environment. For some this is even more explicit than for others. It must also be said that the colleagues were not exactly the nicest people. Even bullying was not shunned. The role of Maria was of very beautiful making. Maria has autism, I deduce that from it anyway, and that is expressed in a number of rigid attitudes, always beautifully portrayed. It was touching how she tried to deal with the phenomenon of "infatuation", how she wanted to understand this feeling on the basis of empirical data and knowledge. The black thinking also comes up and is expressed in that suicide attempt. Cinematically very nice scene by the way.

Due to the slow pace, it takes a while for the film to get going, but about halfway it really gets going. By the way, that interview with that psychologist was a nice and funny change between the many sterile and at times melancholic scenes. Nice 4.0* already!

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Baboesjka

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I don't often buy movies, but I had to have this one. I just watched it and I think it's a beautiful arthouse film. Very dreamy and understated. I've been a vegetarian for years and I love animals, so I found it quite difficult that it takes place in a slaughterhouse, but the beautiful story allowed me to watch the film. It looked fast and I think the acting is superb. Small, grand and moving. 4.5*

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Dievegge

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Endre and Mária are gentle souls in a rough environment. They are aware of their limitations. He is too old for her and has a physical disability. He shows little business interest for a company manager. She has a kind of high-functioning autism or Asperger's. She is intelligent and has a flawless memory, but is bad at socializing and expressing feelings. By the end they both have a mangled arm.

Hungarian is a juicy language. The s is pronounced sj, and the suffix -röl means over. The sexist jokes of that fat personnel manager already suggest that he is up to no good. The conversations with the psychologist form a comic intermezzo.

There is a stark contrast between the bloody reality in the slaughterhouse and the peaceful dreams of deer in a snowy forest. The common dreams have a symbolic meaning. He is the male and she is the female. That he finds a juicy leaf under a layer of snow means that their feelings are hidden behind a cold exterior. Once they express their feelings, those dreams become redundant. It is a symbolistic love story about the fragility of soul and body.

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