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Strangled

A martfüi rém (Strangled)

2016

Árpád Sopsits

Károly Hajduk, Zsófia Szamosi, Mónika Balsai, Péter Bárnai ...

6.0

253

Thriller. Mystery Based on real-life events, this psycho-thriller is set in the provincial Hungary of the 1960s, when a series of atrocious murders shock the small town of Martfü. A psychotic killer is on the prowl, who continues to slaughter young women while an innocent man is wrongly accused and sentenced for crimes he could never have committed. A determined detective arrives on the scene and soon becomes obsessed with the case while under pressure ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"This solidly crafted true-crime story works just fine as a noir-ish police procedural with a punchy rhythm and a bracingly sour worldview."
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"There’s an intriguing sense of time and place here (...) The political crosswinds are strongly felt and complex"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"A bleak, brutal, dispiriting serial killer drama (...) There is merit in this movie’s sense of time and place (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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