SummaryTaxidermia contains three generational stories, about a grandfather, a father, and a son, linked together by recurring motifs. The dim grandfather, an orderly during World War Two, lives in his bizarre fantasies; he desires love. The huge father seeks success as a top athlete — a speed eater — in the post-war pro-Soviet era. The grandson, a meek,... Read More
Directed By:György Pálfi
Written By:Lajos Parti Nagy, György Pálfi, Zsófia Ruttkay
Taxidermia
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
83
User score
Generally Favorable
7.5
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
83
78% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
22% Mixed
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100
Belongs to a school of Central European surrealism that marries nightmarish horror with formal beauty.
100
A brilliant, often grotesquely bizarre allegory on life in Hungary from World War II to the present.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.5
71% Positive
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
25% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
4% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
Apr 14, 2020
10
Esse filme muda vidas. Uma obra prima do cinema, simplesmente e absolutamente tudo. Um icone.
Dec 2, 2015
9
Beden istismarı üzerine sınıfında ayrılan ve parlayan bir film. Yönetmenin Avrupa Sineması'nın gelecek yıldızlarından olacağına dair umutları yükseltiyor ayrıca film. Kendine has ve özenli kamera hareketleri ve bu teknik başarının da üzerinde toplumsal söylemler. Sinemayı bilmek isteyen izleyicinin mutlaka izlemesi gereken filmlerden.
90
Taxidermia sets a benchmark for body horror in the cinema.
90
For a film so pessimistic about mankind, Taxidermia erupts with some light-hearted technical inspiration: Cinematographer Gergely Poharnok's compositions are wickedly hilarious, while production designer Adrien Asztalos' concoctions are peculiarly gross.
90
All this helps to shape Pálfi’s crudely bombastic but impressive philosophical view of the body as landscape and art, a source of personal discovery, wonder and annihilation.
60
Keeping it surreal has never been so nauseating and, at times, hilarious.
50
Despite its stomach-turning images (and maybe because of), it is a daring, provocative work by a talented helmer who gets off pushing the envelope. He should be supported, no matter how outlandish he gets.
Sep 25, 2015
8
I created an account to review this film as a warning to those who may want to watch it. it's very, very disturbing. That said, i quite enjoyed it.
Sep 6, 2018
6
The plot and story can even be interesting and convincing. But the grotesque doesn't and approachs to ridiculous and forced-out.
Production Company:
- Amour Fou Vienna
- Eurofilm Stúdió
- Katapult Film
- La Cinéfacture
- Memento Films Production
Release Date:Aug 14, 2009
Duration:1 h 31 m
Tagline:Three stories. Three generations. Three men. One bizarre and shocking universe.
Awards
Hungarian Film Week
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
FilmFestival Cottbus (FFC)
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
