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Completed - HUNGARIAN - Thriller - 120 minutes

Log Line

There are no serial killers in this country! Is that clear?

Year of production : 2016

Director(s) : Áprád SOPSITS

Synopsis

Based on real-life events, this psycho-thriller is set in the provincial Hungary of the 1960s, when a series of atrocious murders shock the small town of Martfű.
A psychotic killer is on the prowl, who continues to slaughter young women while an innocent man is wrongly accused and sentenced for crimes he could never have committed. A determined detective arrives on the scene and soon becomes obsessed with the case while under pressure from the prosecutor to see a man hang.
Stuck in the suffocating social, political and psychological world of socialist Hungary, we soon find ourselves entangled in a web of intricate conspiracy and disturbing drama.

Production

Country(ies) : HUNGARY

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Festivals and Awards

Warsaw FF 2016 Int'l Competition


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