KONTROLL

Year: 2003
USA: ThinkFilm
UK: ICA Projects
Cast: Sandor Csanyi, Zoltan Mucsi, Sandor Badar, Csaba Pindroch, Zsolt Nagy, Bence Matyasi, Gyözö Szabó, Eszter Balla, Lajos Kovacs, György Cserhalmi, Zsolt Laszló, Balazs Mihalyfi, Peter Scherer, Janos Kulka, Janos Derzsi, Enikö Eszenyi, Peter Galambos Imola Gaspar, Janos Greifenstein,Peter Haumann, Andrew Heffler, Gabor Herendi, Karoly Horvath, Ferenc Hujber Laszló Bicskei Kis, Balazs Lazar, Laszló Nadasi, Tamas Pinter, Ilona Psota, Geza Schramek, Levente Törköly, József Tóth, Melinda Völgyi
Director: Nimród Antal
Country: Hungary
Language: Hungarian (English subtitles)
USA & UK: 105 mins
USA Rated: R for language, some violence and brief sexuality
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language and violence
USA Release Date: 1 April 2005 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 17 September 2004 (Limited Release)
(in Hungarian)

Synopsis

A dark and dynamic ride through Budapest's subway system that careens through genres - thriller, drama, comedy, horror, romance - at the breakneck pace of a runaway train.

Life has turned upside-down for brooding Bulcsu (Sandor Csanyi), a ticket inspector who patrols the platforms and trains of the city's underground network with a motley crew of colleagues. Spending his whole life in this burrow, Bulcsu has forged a series of 'relationships' with other long-term denizens of this neon-lit world - the serial fare-dodger, the shadowy serial-killer, the veteran whose seen it all before, and the mysterious beautiful woman who rides the rails in a bearsuit. A search for redemption, a fascinating tour of an unseen world, and all wrapped up as a cracking piece of moody, exciting entertainment.