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Witman fiúk / The Witman Boys - by János Szász (1997)

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Date: 1 May 2014 12:49:20
Witman fiúk / The Witman Boys - by János Szász (1997)

Witman fiúk / The Witman Boys - by János Szász (1997)
DVD9(cust.) | Hungarian + Russian | 720x480 | mpeg2, ~7004 kbps | Hun(AC3, ~448 kbps) | Ru(AC3, ~192 kbps) | 5.21 GB
Subs: English, Russian | Drama

Turn-of-the-century Hungary. Two young brothers, neglected by their cold and uncaring mother, descend deeper and deeper into psychosis, with tragic consequences.

The Witman Boys is an example of subtlety and nuance building slowly to a crescendo through the entirety of a film. It is a film which doesn’t need sensationalism to convey delinquency or to make it seem palpable, and, in fact, possible. The film begins almost immediately with the boys losing their father. This is an inciting incident if I ever saw one. From thereon out the boys start to question everything and their mother becomes even more distant than it seems she was before.

Erno starts to question his older brother, Janos, about death and their bond becomes solidified. Erno shows a need to follow regardless of where Janos leads him. Incidents build themselves up slowl, and things connect to one another in this film as you watch it. Immediately following their father’s death the boys don’t eat, then they leave the dinner table, and soon they are not home at all. They cruelly interact with animals – first they hear of dissection, witness it, and then perform the act. And so on. Everything is in stages most things following the rule of three at least.

What is most effective about the film is that what is most disturbing is usually never seen, but merely implied. An action is begun but not completed, or done off-screen. This is a film, and a rare one, which realizes that the audience participates and can use its imagination to fill in the blanks. Director Janos Szasz saves his visuals for things that are absolutely necessary and that will shock the audience.

IMDB info
Stars: Maia Morgenstern, Alpár Fogarasi, Szabolcs Gergely
Production land: Poland | France | Hungary
Run time: ~93 min
NTSC 4:3

Witman fiúk / The Witman Boys - by János Szász (1997)

Witman fiúk / The Witman Boys - by János Szász (1997)

Witman fiúk / The Witman Boys - by János Szász (1997)

Witman fiúk / The Witman Boys - by János Szász (1997)

Witman fiúk / The Witman Boys - by János Szász (1997)

Witman fiúk / The Witman Boys - by János Szász (1997)

Witman fiúk / The Witman Boys - by János Szász (1997)

Witman fiúk / The Witman Boys - by János Szász (1997)

Witman fiúk / The Witman Boys - by János Szász (1997)


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