Taxidermia

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Hungary / Austria / France, 2006, 91 min

Directed by:

György Pálfi

Cinematography:

Gergely Pohárnok

Cast:

Csaba Czene, Gergely Trócsányi, Adél Stanczel, Marc Bischoff, Erwin Leder, Maria Bodor, István Znamenák, Piroska Molnár, Réka Lemhényi, Gyula Kiss (more)
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Kálmán Balatony (Gergo Trócsányi) is a grotesquely fat gentleman who was fathered by an angry hospital orderly getting revenge on his boss by having sex with his wife. While the embittered husband killed the orderly when he was caught in the act, Kálmán was born as a result of the wife's indiscretion, and when he grows to adulthood he earns a modest fame as a competitive eating champion. At an eating contest, Kálmán meets a female competitor, the freakish Gizi (Adél Stanczel), and the two fall in love. Kálmán and Gizi marry, and she gives birth to a son, Lajos (Marc Bischoff), who grows up to be just as skinny as his parents are fat. Lajos studies taxidermy and takes up preserving animals as a career when he isn't busy taking care of his elderly and increasingly massive father. Lajos also raises a handful of unusually large house cats, and when they begin to turn on their master, Lajos uses his talents to keep them around the house without the danger of their bothering anyone. (Tartan Video)

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