Taxidermia

Three stories. Three generations. Three men. One bizarre and shocking universe.

Synopsis:
Taxidermia contains three generational stories, about a grandfather, a father, and a son, linked together by recurring motifs. The dim grandfather, an orderly during World War Two, lives in his bizarre fantasies; he desires love. The huge father seeks success as a top athlete - a speedeater - in the postwar pro-Soviet era. The grandson, a meek, small-boned taxidermist, yearns for something greater: immortality. He wants to create the most perfect work of art of all time by stuffing his own torso.
Historical facts and surrealism become intertwined as magical realism, like in the works of Gabriel García Marquez or the Hungarian writer Lajos Parti Nagy; the script is based on two of the latter’s stories.

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Nominations:
Grand Prize, 2006 Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema

Awards:
Don Quixote Award, 2006 Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema
Audience Jury Award (Feature Film), 2007 Fantasporto
"Gene Moskowitz" Critics Award, Best Supporting Actor (Csaba Czene), Best Supporting Actress (Adél Stanczel), Grand Prize, 2006 Hungarian Film Week
Best Direction, 2006 Transilvania International Film Festival

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