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On Body and Soul

Teströl és lélekröl (On Body and Soul)

2017

Ildikó Enyedi

Morcsányi Géza, Alexandra Borbély, Ervin Nagy, Pál Mácsai ...

6.8

4,408

Drama. Romance A slaughterhouse in Budapest is the setting of a strangely beautiful love story. No sooner does Mária start work as the new quality controller than the whispers begin. At lunch the young woman always chooses a table on her own in the sterile canteen where she sits in silence. She takes her job seriously and adheres strictly to the rules, deducting penalty points for every excessive ounce of fat. Hers is a world that consists of figures ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Enyedi’s film blends mournfully poetic whimsy with stabs of visceral brute reality (...) If these dueling registers neatly reflect the body and soul elements of the title, the contrast between them is more formally bracing than it is emotionally illuminating."
		Jordan Mintzer The Hollywood Reporter	"A bit stretched at nearly two hours, with a second act that could definitely be tightened up, the story nonetheless finds its way to a solid ending"
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"[It] turns a ridiculous premise into a surprisingly accessible love story"
		Kevin Maher The Times	"In the hands of the Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi it becomes something beguiling and troubling (...) A startlingly original romance with bursts of despair (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"Delicate psychological insight, a strong aesthetic signature and two affecting, restrained performances by Alexandra Borbély and Géza Morcsányi overcome any familiarity, as well as occasional hints of preciousness."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Its eroticism has something of the Czech author Milan Kundera (...) Endre and Maria’s affair is at its most romantic when it is at its most eccentric and weird (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Gail Tolley Time Out	"It’s a slow, quiet and beautifully composed story about human connection (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"[It] is beautifully played by its two leads and has a wonderfully barbed and unsettling quality that you will never find in any Hollywood romcom (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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