A subway enforcement officer working in the oppressively gray Budapest metro gets a chance at love — but first he needs to find out why passengers are jumping — or being pushed — to their deaths onto the tracks.
Direction
Antal turns a subway into a claustrophobic dreamscape you can't escape.
Cinematography
Sickly green fluorescents that make Budapest's metro feel like purgatory itself.
Acting
Csányi's thousand-yard stare carries the whole damn film.
Director
Nimród Antal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nimród Antal made this after being rejected from Budapest's film school twice. The actual metro authority initially refused to let them shoot, so they filmed guerrilla-style until caught.
The 'kontroll' officers were a real controversial force in Hungary, eventually disbanded in 2008. The film's cult status helped doom them — audiences realized how absurdly cruel the job was.
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