Three stories. Three generations. Three men. One bizarre and shocking universe. Gyorgy Palfi's Taxidermia tells the stories of three generations of Hungarian men (one a sexually frustrated low-life peeping-tom soldier; his son who is an obese Communist champion speed eater; and the grandson a twisted taxidermist who is trying to invent a machine so he can embalm himself) while at the same time satirically mocking Hungary's struggles as it passes from imperial servitude through Soviet authority to independent lethargy. Taxidermia is a no holds barred attack on... the senses filled with grotesque imagery and surreal beauty that not only lampoons society but reveals the sometimes ugly truth about mankind and our excesses all in one of the most bizarre films ever seen. [show more]
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Grotesquely surreal offering from Hungarian director Gyorgy Palfi charting three male generations of the same, bizarre family. Told in seperate strands, the first follows Vendel (Csaba Czene), a WWII orderly consumed by lust, who passes the boredom by spying on women around the barracks and discovering that he has the ability to ejaculate flame. His procreative endeavors produce a son, Balatony, (Gergely Trocsanyi) whose speciality is gluttony, seizing any opportunity to stuff himself to the limit. Last in this degenerative family tree is Balatony's son Lajos (Marc Bischoff), a modern-day taxidermist intent on taking his career choice to its logical conclusion - himself. Not for the squeamish.
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