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Katalin Varga
 Katalin Varga
Peter Strickland
Romania/UK/Hungary, 2009, 84'
WEBSITE
www.librafilm.net/katalin-varga AWARDS and FESTIVALS
Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution for Sound Design, Berlin International Film Festival, 2009
New Talent Grand Pix, Copenhagen International Film Festival, 2009
Best Performance Award for Leading Actress, Hilda Peter, Brussels Film Festival, 2009
Nominated for the Discovery Award, The European Film Academy, 2009 PRESS QUOTE
²Rural tragedy with an undertow of film noir, Katalin Varga is a woman-on-a-mission story about how violence breeds violence.² ~ Jonathan Romney, Variety SYNOPSIS
As soon as he discovers that he is not his son Orbán's father, Katalin Varga's husband throws her out of the house. Not wanting her son to grow up without a father, Katalin has no other choice but to find his real father. Under the pretext of paying her sick grandmother a visit, mother and son set off on a journey to the Carpathian Mountains. For Katalin this means returning to a place she never wanted to see again in her life, a place that she will always associate with the crime of which she was a victim eleven years ago. Back then, this was the place where she was assaulted by two men; now though it is only a clearing where Orbán is playing happily. As soon as she recognizes one of her attackers, she begins to flirt with the unsuspecting man. Although the man finds something familiar about Katalin, he doesn't recognize her. Then, after reminding him of the hours that were so ghastly for her, Katalin kills her tormentor. She decides to continue her revenge. Antal, the other man, is now living in another village. Katalin and Orbán have to make a quick getaway as, among other things, the dead man's brother-in-law is bent on avenging the victim's death. At this point Orbán begins to suspect that they aren't going to visit his sick grandmother after all. With blood on her hands, Katalin's nerves are torn to shreds. Her actions weigh even heavier on her after a promising telephone conversation with her husband. To top it all off, Antal turns out to be nothing like the monster she remembers as her attacker. Orbán and Antal become friends and, when Antal suggests that the boy moves in with him for a while, Katalin just doesn't know what to do.
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