Rosebud / UK premiere

Katalin Varga

  • Peter Strickland /
  • Romania, UK, Hungary /
  • 2008 /
  • 84 mins

Hilda Péter, Tibor Pálffy, Norbert Tankó, Melinda Kantor, Sebastian Marina, Roberto Giacomello, László Mátray

A powerful and elegant debut by the British directorial discovery of the year.

Peter Strickland

Peter Strickland was born in Reading in 1973. He adapted and directed Kafka’s Metamorphosis for amateur theatre in 1992. Since then, he has made several Super 8 and 16mm short films, most notably Bubblegum (1996), which screened at both Berlin and EIFF. Katalin Varga, his first feature film, was made entirely independently over a four-year period. He now lives in Hungary where he teaches English.

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  • #1 DIANA VIRGINIA TODEA / Saturday 27 June, 2009 / 22:35 GMT

    A beautiful, poetical, philosophical film that contrasted the man's ambition to fix life's problems and the inexorable justice of God. I liked the natural flow of the story, the actors who transparently without any effort transmitted the destiny of Katalin Varga. I also loved the beautiful scenery from Transilvania, perfectly set for such an emotional drama.

  • #2 Saima Zahid / Sunday 28 June, 2009 / 20:27 GMT

    This film was a bit of a bore with a simplistic story juxtaposed with silly repetitive camera work (how many times do we need to see a focus in, focus out, focus in on the same scene??) and an annoying soundtrack of windlike whistling aiming to be suspenseful. I like character stories but despite this one having some good moments, this one left me falling asleep. A let down for my last 2009 film fest film.

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