Cinema
Twilight
Szürkület
György Fehér · 1991
Synopsis
In a land of mountains and forests drowned in mist, the body of little Anna, eight years old, is found: the third girl killed in the same way in a short time. Two inspectors are sent to the scene. A disreputable pedlar, who found the body, is immediately named as the culprit and taken before the whole village. One of the policemen considers the case closed; the other, a veteran of the force, does not believe it and sets out to find the killer known as the Giant.
Context
The film is drawn from Friedrich Dürrenmatt, who in 1958 had written the screenplay of a Swiss film on the same case, Es geschah am hellichten Tag, and then made it into the novel La Promesse; the sources link the film sometimes to one, sometimes to the other. Péter Haumann plays the inspector; the black-and-white photography is by Miklós Gurbán, the music by László Vidovszky. Long difficult to see, the film was restored in 4K by the Hungarian National Film Institute, shown at Berlinale Classics in 2023, then re-released in France on 12 June 2024.
Who it is for
A slow, misty crime film, in which the investigation slides into obsession; re-released in cinemas in France by Carlotta.
Prizes and reception
Bronze Leopard for cinematography at Locarno in 1990, and grand prize of the Strasbourg European Film Forum in 1991.
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