A long, slow march toward atrocity.
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Hungarian soldiers in World War II patrol the icy forests of Ukraine in Denes Nagy’s feature debut.
Hungary’s most recent contribution to the implacable flow of war films pouring out of Eastern Europe is a far cry from the Russian tank operas and spectacular disaster films like
Battle of Leningrad. Denes Nagy’s sensitive first feature
Natural Light (
Termeszetes feny), bowing in Berlin competition, is the opposite of these: a slow starter high on atmosphere but low on action, whose horrific main event takes place discreetly off-screen.
The story salutes Elem Klimov’s 1985 anti-war masterpiece