Strangled Page #2

Synopsis: Based on real-life events, this psycho-thriller is set in the provincial Hungary of the 1960s, when a series of atrocious murders shock the small town of Martfü. A psychotic killer is on the prowl, who continues to slaughter young women while an innocent man is wrongly accused and sentenced for crimes he could never have committed. A determined detective arrives on the scene and soon becomes obsessed with the case while under pressure from the prosecutor to see a man hang. Stuck in the suffocating social, political and psychological world of socialist Hungary, we soon find ourselves entangled in a web of intricate conspiracy and disturbing drama.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Year:
2016
121 min
34 Views


No sorry, the Party.

Don't be scared.

Hey! Stay with me!

You hear me?!

Hey!

Hey!

Doctor! Someone!

Doctor!

Someone come!

You hear?!

Can you hear me, sweetheart?!

Hey! At least blink!

Don't doze off!

Hey, what are you doing?!

I brought her back.

Did you hear

the attacker's voice?

No.

What colour was his hair?

I don't remember,

I only saw him for a split second.

What was his build?

Like you, only... shorter...

Strong boned...

- His eyes?

- No idea.

But... he wore a hat... a black beret.

What are you doing?

We'll meet up later.

Hey, you! Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

Hands down!

Grab his hands!

Agnes Koves claims that on October 12th,

at 10 pm, you attacked her and hit her.

Me?

No... no... no.

Had you had an argument?

I hadn't, she had.

She came to Martf for me,

I'd left her.

Then why did you run?

- The fish...

- What fish?

- We'd been poaching.

- Don't mess me about!

Really! And they're really

cracking down on it!

And that evening?

Well...

- I was with my fiance Vera.

- Will she back that up?

Sure! I proposed that day and...

that's why she slept with me.

gi, that filthy little slut!

Rti! Visitor!

Your sister.

I'm not going.

I said I'm not going.

You going down or

do I have to kick you there?

What's that for?

He needs a father.

He's better off without one.

I'd have been better off.

What are you doing this for?

Because I committed...

a crime.

I don't know.

But you are doing now.

Mum died because of me.

I'm in the right place!

We shouldn't be ashamed to be alive!

And we try our best to live!

Go!

Please try and ask for a retrial!

A 20-year-old colleague

of mine was attacked,

and you can tell them that!

- She died?

- She survived.

Maybe the same bloke did it.

- 7 years later? That's ridiculous.

- We can't know.

I'll come again tomorrow.

And the day after.

Until you write

that bloody appeal application!

This is for you to look at.

Help!

Help!

Help!

Mt!

Come for your supper!

- Didn't you go to meet mum?

- No, I went out for some air.

- Why? Isn't she here?

- No.

Come on!

I didn't see his face in the dark.

- What colour were his clothes?

- Black.

But all clothes look black in the dark.

I only saw his face for a second.

But I don't remember it.

- His clothes?

- Grey.

- His build?

- Sort of average.

Or... perhaps a bit taller.

175 cm.

Not your bloody height,

the bloke who ran away!

Sort of average.

Perhaps shorter...

Wasn't he wearing anything striking?

Think for a minute, man!

I didn't see anything in the dark.

His shoes crickled!

Crickled?

What should I say?

They crickled and that's that.

That's what they say here.

"His shoes crickled..."

Now piss off out of here!

Nothing?

- Pl Bognr?

- Yes, good evening.

I'm afraid your wife has been attacked.

What? Where? When?

Is she alive?

If you like, I can

take you into the hospital.

Okay, you can take her.

Wait!

I need to question her.

- She's not completely conscious.

- Then wake her up.

Let's wake her up!

Okay, let's give it a try.

But only for a second.

Hello!

Can you tell me your name?

That's it!

I'm so sorry!

Do you know your name?

- Mrs. Bognr.

- Okay.

And what's your maiden name?

- Nra.

- Nra. Nra what?

- Nra Szigeti...

- Nra Szigeti.

Do you remember anything, Nra?

Maybe... you recognised your attacker?

No...

I didn't see him...

He hit me from behind...

Perhaps... before that?

Don't you remember anything

about your attacker?

His breathing was odd.

Why was it odd?

- Well... because... it was familiar...

- Familiar?

No... No, maybe not...

Okay, that's enough. We're done.

That way.

Mt!

Mt!

Mummy! Mummy!

Don't wake her up!

Your mummy was very lucky!

What the sh*t are you two doing?!

Women are scared to go outside!

They're terrified!

- Can't you feel it?

- It's slow, because...

You shut your mouth and drink less!

We know everything!

We're not always on the same wavelength.

We're concerned about public safety

and not your "wavelength"!

Everyone's getting nervous.

My bosses are demanding a culprit.

I should create one?

Don't twist my words!

And I can tell you that the hourglass

is running low on your career.

I'll never go out alone again.

I'd like to kill him.

I'd strangle him!

The doctor said

your wig softened the blow.

I was wearing it for you.

To be a bit different...

That's why I was wearing the wig,

the coat and those red shoes...

You haven't come near me for months.

I was quick!

The police said I did it well.

A quick bunny rabbit!

Hey!

Won't you put the wig on?

Just for a minute...

So I can see it on you.

It got blood on it.

They kept it for evidence.

Should I get it back?

No... no need...

I'll buy a new one.

Ah... I'm sorry!

Sorry...

Line up!

Rti!

Visitor!

I bet it's my sister.

Sit!

You?

What do you want?

Hello.

You came to see me?

I thought I'd pop in

because we used to work at the same place.

And I heard you don't get many visitors.

You heard wrong.

I still can't work out why you did it.

You can tell me.

What do you want from me?

Doesn't it bother you that

you're doing time for someone else?

Do you have a suspect?

No... No I don't...

I thought it would help

if you knew that someone believed you.

Shame that you weren't the judge!

Everyone is in a way.

My wife was attacked

a week ago...

- What?

- ...but she survived.

The police are still in the dark...

No sign of the culprit...

Maddening, hey?

What do want from me?

It wasn't me!

Tell me...

what do you remember about women?

Where are the bone-marrow results

for the drowned woman?!

Where are they?

They should be in there.

Okay, but they're not!

Have you actually seen

the report?

- Nope.

- So then?!

For f***'s sake!

Are you this sloppy on all cases?

We're getting nowhere!

Get me those lab results pronto!

I'll be at the lake!

One man killed them all!

One perpetrator?

Similar circumstances...

Always late at night...

deserted scene...

And the victims, too...

A serial killer here in our town?!

Tell me...

Was there never a similar case in the past?

I recall Comrade Katona mentioning

something at university,

but... he didn't give any details.

Well... there was one...

About 7 or 8 years ago.

The Rti case.

But we solved it.

He was the prosecutor.

They found their man

and locked him up... for life.

Could you get me the...

"Rti case" files?

I can try.

You made mistakes

in the investigation.

It was an obvious case,

and kos Rti confessed on day one.

His story is all mixed up.

And the defence failed to

interview all the witnesses.

Are you saying we deliberately

ignored witness accounts?!

No.

But did you check

the timing of events at all?

The ones described by

Rti and the witnesses.

Maybe we didn't go through

every last detail.

We were under terrible pressure.

After the troubles that October,

we had no time to waste.

We had a weapon,

and a culprit,

and he admitted it!

He had no alibi, he had a motive,

he told lies...

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