Ended on 3/18/2010
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DELTA -
(unrated)
2008 - Hungary/Germany - Hungarian (with English subtitles) - 96 minutes - Facets
Directed by: Kornél Mundruczó
Featuring: Felix Lajko, Orsolya Tóth, Lili Monori
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 Kornél Mundruczó’s DELTA is a disquieting, intimate drama that plays out on a wild, isolated delta landscape along the Danube River.
After a decades-long absence, a young man (Felix Lajko) returns to his mother’s home situated within the labyrinth of waterways, small islands and over-grown vegetation that buffers the delta and its denizens from the outside world. There he finds a sister he never knew he had. The reunited siblings become unusually close, so much so that they decide to build a stilted house in the middle of the river in which to live, far from local villagers who do not accept their "unnatural" relationship. The distance does not keep them safe from the condemning outside world for long, though.
DELTA is also a story of perseverance. Mundruczó had his film nearly complete when original lead Lajos Bertok died unexpectedly of a heart attack. Regardless, Mundruczó pushed on, re-writing part of the film with screenwriter Yvette Biro and re-shooting most of it with Felix Lajko in Bertok’s place. The replacement actor brought not only a new face to DELTA, but also a new sound—a famed musician, Lajko composed the film’s distinct zither soundtrack.
“Beautifully shot, with an impressive feel for the poetry of faces and natural phenomena. Mr. Mundruczo’s deft use of sound — lapping wavelets and croaking frogs punctuated by bursts of music — suggests emotions that his characters are too taciturn to articulate.”
–New York Times
“A beautifully atmospheric vessel that will seem infinitely deep to some…”
–Variety
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