Season of Monsters (1987)

Original title

Szörnyek évadja

Directed by

Miklós Jancsó

Genre

drama film

Country

Hungary

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Hungarian drama that follows a group of people in a decaying rural landscape. The story focuses on their interactions and the strange, oppressive atmosphere around them.

slow-burncontemplativecerebralvisually lushunsettlingbleakaustere

What happens

Season of Monsters (Hungarian: Szörnyek évadja) is a 1987 Hungarian drama film written by Gyula Hernádi and directed by Miklós Jancsó. The film was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival, and it got a Jury Honorable Mention "for the coherence with which he carries on and renews his expressive research in a period of rapid evolution of film language". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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