Strangled
2016 · Movie · 118 min. · Hungary
Based on real-life events, this psycho-thriller is set in the provincial Hungary of the 1960s, when a series of atrocious murders shock the small town of Martfü. A psychotic killer is on the prowl, who continues to slaughter young women while an innocent man is wrongly accused and sentenced for crimes he could never have committed. A determined detective arrives on the scene and soon becomes obsessed with the case while under pressure from the prosecutor to see a man hang. Stuck in the suffocating social, political and psychological world of socialist Hungary, we soon find ourselves entangled in a web of intricate conspiracy and disturbing drama.
Direction Árpád Sopsits
Cast Károly Hajduk · Zsófia Szamosi · Mónika Balsai · Péter Bárnai · Zsolt Anger · Zsolt Trill · Gábor Jászberényi
Soundtrack Márk Moldvai
Screenplay Árpád Sopsits
Cinematography Gábor Szabó
Original title A martfüi rém (Strangled)
6.0
226 votes (FilmAffinity)
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