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White God
Fehér isten

Director(s): Kornél MundruczóHU, DE, SE119 min.2014
73%(8 ratings)
Categoriesfiction
Accessibilitynot suitable for minors under 15 years of age
LanguagesHungarian (orig.)
SubtitlesCzech, english
Black and white / colourcolor

13-year-old Lili is desperately trying to save her dog Hagen from absurd and cruel bureaucratic regulations that ban the ownership of crossbreeds. She cannot accept her father’s arguments, and she is shocked when he throws her beloved pet from the car. Devastated, Lili curses her father’s betrayal, but in the innocent belief that love can overcome any obstacle, and despite her adverse circumstances, she resolves to find and save Hagen. “It’s no secret that after the films I’ve made thus far, I am turning towards genre experiments. The first of these is White God, inspired mostly by preposterous and increasingly rancorous present-day social relations. […] Superiority has truly become the privilege of white, Western civilization…Yes, us. After all, we are the members of this privileged mass. Hence, I would like to create a film which allows a glimpse of the passions raging on the other side, criticizing our detestable self-confidence, full of lies and lopsided truths… hypocritically denying inequalities, not believing in either peace or in peaceful cohabitation.” (Kornél Mundruczó)

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