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
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The immovable face of a Hungarian soldier patrolling Russian forests is meant to convey the horror and exhaustion of war in Dénes Nagy s cerebral yet unemotional debut.
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Director: Dénes Nagy
With: Ferenc Szabó, Tamás Garbacz, László Bajkó,
Gyula Franczia, Ern?‘ Stuhl, Gyula Szilágyi, Mareks Lapeskis, Krisztián Kozó, József Barta, Aivars Kuzmins, Liene Kislicka, Csaba Nánási, Zsolt Fodor. (Hungarian, Russian dialogue)
Running time: Running time: 103 MIN.