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Original Name: Az Úr Hangja
English Name: His Master’s Voice
Year: 2018
Run Time: 107'
Language: English, Hungarian
Type (Colour/ Black & White): Colour
Country: Hungary, Canada
Director: György Pálfi
Producer: Ferenc Pusztai, Michael A. Dobbin,
Charles V. Bender, Emilie Blézat
Cast: Csaba Polgár, Eric Peterson, Diána Kiss,
Angelo Tsarouchas, Ádám Fekete, Ildikó Bánsági
Screenplay: György Pálfi, Zsófia Ruttkay, Gergő Nagy V.
Cinematographer: Gergely Pohárnok
Editor: Réka Lemhényi
Sound Designer: Imre Madácsi
Music Composer: Ábris Gryllus
Costume Designer: Kriszta Bútor
Production Designer: Adrienn Asztalos
Production Company: KMH Film
World Sales: HNFF World Sales
World Sales Phone: +36 1 461 1353
World Sales Email: klaudia.androsovits@filmalap.hu
Tokyo IFF 2018
Buenos Aires BAIFICI 2019
Transilvania IFF 2019
Torino FF 2018
Prague IFF 2019
Trieste Science+Fiction Film Festival 2018
Wiesbaden goEast Film Festival 2019
Taipei Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival 2019
Jeonju International Film Festival 2019
Belgrade International Film Festival 2019
Barcelona – D’Autores Film Festival 2019
Maine International Film Festival 2019
Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival 2019
Lund International Fantastic Film Festival 2019
Denver International Film Festival 2019 - György Pálfi Tribute
2018 – His Master’s Voice
2014: Free Fall
2012: Final Cut - Ladies & Gentlemen
2009: I am Not Your Friend
2006: Taxidermia
2002: Hukkle
György Pálfi is a promising young director from Budapest, working in Hungarian film industry. Hukkle (2002), his debut feature was invited to more than 100 international film festivals worldwide and won several prestigious recognitions including EFA's European Discovery 2002 - Fassbinder Award. His film Taxidermia (2006), premiered at Cannes UCR. An exceptional collage film Final Cut - Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) was premiered at Cannes Classics. Free Fall (2014) won three major awards - Best Director Award, Special Jury Prize and Label Europe Cinemas Award - at the Karlovy Vary FF in 2014.
Our main character, Péter, is in his late thirties when he thinks he recognizes his father in a documentary on a mysterious accident. His father has deserted from Communist Hungary in the 70s, a criminal offense under that regime, and has not been heard of since. Péter travels to America and, after an eventful investigation, finds his father and his new family. The reunion brings plenty of experiences and teaches several lessons to both son and father. Also, as a consequence, the world is informed that the mute universe has spoken and that we are not alone.
