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The Dinner (Vacsora)
Karchi Perlmann
2008
Categories:
Short Film
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Run time:
26 min.
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Hungary
Echoing the cultural and political pulse of Hungary during the riots of 2006, Vascora revolves around the life of a small village and the irony of life.
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Great film - this film creates a mood and an atmosphere that makes it feel both current and timeless. There is an almost magical feeling to it that reminds me of Bagdad Cafe. Again, great movie!
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From the blog
Vacsora In The press -- Festival jury statements
Jury Statements:
The Venice jury awarded Vacsora for the following reason:
“Using a language at the same time realistic and grotesque, and an image-sound relation with a strong emotional strain, the author portrayed a human and social condition ruled by the uncertainty of life and death.”
Cottbus Jury awarded the Main Prize for the following reason:
A well made film about the important things in life told with a brilliant sense of humor.
Press Articles:
Filmhu, February 1st, 2009 (Premier Hungarian online film magazine)
“From the two short film blocks (in competition at the Hungarian Film Week) without a doubt, Karchi Perlmann’s Venice Film Festival award honoree was the strongest. …Perlmann successfully awakens the ’70s bitter domestic satire tradition: the edge-of-the-seat suspense situation, filling the character’s lives with seemingly mundane pressures with cynical humor, which finally turns everything into a metaphor of an entire country where everyone’s banal existence is sliding toward inevitable tragedy. All this in the framework of the 2006 Budapest riots and a filmic masterwork long over due ”
Folyoirat (Newswire), Janurary 31st., 2009
“…the is film (Vacsora) is at once surreal and a gritty realism… which hits the bull’s eye for a modern day rural tragedy, and can only be taken seriously by laughing out loud; a Shakespeare drama or a Greek tragedy could easily survive on the amount of gruesome offerings as this film dishes out in the blink of an eye.”
Filmhu January 31st, 2009 (Premier Hungarian online film magazine)
“The day’s best short was Karchi Perlmann’s grotesque film, which, if it wasn’t so humorous and wasn’t based on a real event, one could think was driven by snobbism against Hungarian hicks. But the film is so well made and with so much humor (as earlier mentioned) that I can’t even accuse him of malicious, anti-patriotism. In other words, there is not one reason why I should denounce this film. I can only hope that Perlmann will succeed in realizing the feature film he talked about at the Q&A after the screening.”
The Auteurs, September 8th, 2008 (an online film magazine)
“The Dinner by Karchi Perlmann was a stand out for the audience as much as the jury, winning the Special Mention award. The highly stylized combination of bright colors and fairly-tale feel balanced out this short's grim story. A quick synopsis tells of a man who, while listening to a radio show where hosts tease callers sharing absurd stories of fatal accidents, slips on what turns out to be a lethal dollop of pig manure in the pen of his very, very hungry animals. That The Dinner was also a clever vehicle to address life in Budapest after the riots of 2006 is the extra kicker that wins Perlmann a mark as a director to watch. Though the ending of the short was by no means "happy," Perlmann's ability to make this piece reverent in feel shows his talent. You watch the credits feeling joyful and laughing, partly simply at the oddness of human psychology.
Click here to read the entire blog…
The Venice jury awarded Vacsora for the following reason:
“Using a language at the same time realistic and grotesque, and an image-sound relation with a strong emotional strain, the author portrayed a human and social condition ruled by the uncertainty of life and death.”
Cottbus Jury awarded the Main Prize for the following reason:
A well made film about the important things in life told with a brilliant sense of humor.
Press Articles:
Filmhu, February 1st, 2009 (Premier Hungarian online film magazine)
“From the two short film blocks (in competition at the Hungarian Film Week) without a doubt, Karchi Perlmann’s Venice Film Festival award honoree was the strongest. …Perlmann successfully awakens the ’70s bitter domestic satire tradition: the edge-of-the-seat suspense situation, filling the character’s lives with seemingly mundane pressures with cynical humor, which finally turns everything into a metaphor of an entire country where everyone’s banal existence is sliding toward inevitable tragedy. All this in the framework of the 2006 Budapest riots and a filmic masterwork long over due ”
Folyoirat (Newswire), Janurary 31st., 2009
“…the is film (Vacsora) is at once surreal and a gritty realism… which hits the bull’s eye for a modern day rural tragedy, and can only be taken seriously by laughing out loud; a Shakespeare drama or a Greek tragedy could easily survive on the amount of gruesome offerings as this film dishes out in the blink of an eye.”
Filmhu January 31st, 2009 (Premier Hungarian online film magazine)
“The day’s best short was Karchi Perlmann’s grotesque film, which, if it wasn’t so humorous and wasn’t based on a real event, one could think was driven by snobbism against Hungarian hicks. But the film is so well made and with so much humor (as earlier mentioned) that I can’t even accuse him of malicious, anti-patriotism. In other words, there is not one reason why I should denounce this film. I can only hope that Perlmann will succeed in realizing the feature film he talked about at the Q&A after the screening.”
The Auteurs, September 8th, 2008 (an online film magazine)
“The Dinner by Karchi Perlmann was a stand out for the audience as much as the jury, winning the Special Mention award. The highly stylized combination of bright colors and fairly-tale feel balanced out this short's grim story. A quick synopsis tells of a man who, while listening to a radio show where hosts tease callers sharing absurd stories of fatal accidents, slips on what turns out to be a lethal dollop of pig manure in the pen of his very, very hungry animals. That The Dinner was also a clever vehicle to address life in Budapest after the riots of 2006 is the extra kicker that wins Perlmann a mark as a director to watch. Though the ending of the short was by no means "happy," Perlmann's ability to make this piece reverent in feel shows his talent. You watch the credits feeling joyful and laughing, partly simply at the oddness of human psychology.
Click here to read the entire blog…
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