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Prank
Original Title
Tréfa- Director: Péter Gárdos
- Writer: Zsuzsa Bíró; Péter Gárdos
- Producer: Pál Dr. Sipos; Györgyi Nagy
CGiii Comment
A treatise on the difference between prank and sin...discipline and torture.
Apart from being beautifully filmed, it is almost entirely without a plot and has the most bizarre soundtrack running throughout...
The priests aren't exactly evil...they are all pretty fucked-up and rather sinister. As for the pupils - vile little things.
This is Lord of the Flies without the build-up - it just lurches towards the last chapter without reason...
Inconsistent, episodic and fruitless.
Trailer...
PRANK - Official Trailer from Laszlo Seregi on Vimeo.
The(ir) Blurb...
It is 1912 and war looms on the horizon. The school year begins in a boarding school run by priests. Zoltán’s father, is one of the masters and struggling with questions that challenge their faith, while waiting for news of his brother, Titanic passenger, and is a particularly problematic group of new students, many of whom have been fond increasingly heavy play each other jokes. The arrival of Father Weigl, hired to teach physical education and decided to act when it sees pranks have gone too far, will bring alarming consequences.
Cast & Characters
Lorant Vata as Zoltan atya;
Tamas Lengyel as Weigl;
Mihaly Kovacs as Damian atya;
Zsolt Kovacs as Igazgato atya;
Andras M. Kecskes as Agoston atya;
Ferenc Takacs as Foris atya;
Marci Kiss as Szebeni;
Gergely Bakai as Racz;
Mate Nagyistok as Geczi;
Andras Csonka as Beck