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Damnation
Why this pick
Its rain-soaked industrial wasteland, morally exhausted characters and patient black-and-white compositions extend the same oppressive, fatalistic noir atmosphere.
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MOVIE2007 2h 19m HUN
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film concerns a middle-aged railway pointsman, Maloin, who lives in a decrepit apartment in a port town with his highly-strung wife Camélia and his daughter Henriette. One night while in his viewing tower at the port's rail terminus, Maloin witnesses a fight on the dockside. One of the shady combatants is knocked into the water along with the briefcase he carries; when the other flees the dark quayside, Maloin makes a clandestine descent from the tower and retrieves the briefcase, which he finds full of sodden English banknotes. Maloin conceals the money and tells no-one of what he has seen. The next morning, he visits a tavern where he plays chess with the barkeep. On his way home, he stops by the butcher's where his daughter works, and finds to his indignation that they have her washing the floor. Later, from the window of his apartment, he notices Brown watching him from below. At dinner, Maloin is increasingly irascible, addressing Henriette brusquely and arguing with Camélia. Meanwhile, Brown searches the water at the dock's edge without success before noticing the watchtower overlooking the quayside, and Maloin within.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Miroslav Krobot
Maloin
Tilda Swinton
Camélia
Ági Szirtes
Mrs. Brown