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On Body and Soul

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7.2/10 • 536

2017-03-021h 56m

DramaRomanceFantasy

We meet at night. In our dreams.

Two introverted people find out by pure chance that they share the same dream every night. They are puzzled, incredulous, a bit frightened. As they hesitantly accept this strange coincidence, they try to recreate in broad daylight what happens in their dream.

Directors
Ildikó Enyedi
Writters
Ildikó Enyedi
Editors
Ildikó Enyedi, Károly Szalai

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  1. Alexandra Borbély

    Alexandra Borbély

    Mária

  2. Morcsányi Géza

    Morcsányi Géza

    Endre

  3. Réka Tenki

    Réka Tenki

    Klára

  4. Ervin Nagy

    Ervin Nagy

    Sándor

  5. Zoltán Schneider

    Zoltán Schneider

    Jenő

  6. Tamás Jordán

    Tamás Jordán

    Mária's Childhood Doctor

  7. Itala Békés

    Itala Békés

    Zsóka

  8. Éva Bata

    Éva Bata

    Köves Jutka

  9. Pál Mácsai

    Pál Mácsai

    Detective

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CinemaSerf

Aug 25, 2024

7/10

There's a tiny bit of aw, it's "Bambi" at the start of this film as a great stag and a much smaller doe are seen meandering through the wintery forest looking for some nice juicy leaves. Next thing, we are in an Hungarian abattoir where finance director "Endre" (Géza Morcsányi) has just been informed that they have a new independent product inspector, "Mária" (Alexandra Borbély) who appears a little stand-offish with her colleagues - and keeps downgrading the meat. He decides to try and befriend her, and that's when the story becomes a little more interesting. Meantime, there's a robbery at the factory and the police ask the company to engage in some psychological profiling. Remember the deer? Well it appears that both he and she have been simultaneously having that same dream. That's no mean coincidence and as the couple start to bond they find that it's not just their illusions that they have in common, but with both coming with considerable amounts of personal baggage it's not going to be a straightforward relationship. What makes this film a bit different is the unconventional nature of the characters. He's in his mid-forties, a bit emotionally reserved and has a withered arm. She (don't you think she resembles Saoirse Ronan a little?) is almost childlike at times and is seen reliving some of the tensions of her life using kid's toys. Now this isn't exactly a pacy affair, but auteur Ildikó Enyedi takes this two hours to develop two characterful personalities that defy the usual cinema norms of beauty and attraction and yet are still engaging to watch and appreciate. There's a little light relief from the cynical HR boss (Zoltán Schneider) the psychologist (Réka Tenki) serves a series of functions - some less professional the others - as the couple fight to overcome their respective ineptitudes. The workplace scenes are not exactly graphic, but it's still not really a film for the squeamish. Glamorous it isn't, but it does have a degree of realism to it and it's worth a watch.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Hungarian
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
slaughterhousedream interpretationdream sequencebetrayal by friendphysical disabilityfear of contact