• Kills on Wheels

    Directed by Attila Till
    Hungary | 105 minutes | Awards Buzz-Best Foreign Language Film

  • Kills on Wheels

    Directed by Attila Till
    Hungary | 105 minutes | Awards Buzz-Best Foreign Language Film

  • Kills on Wheels

    Directed by Attila Till
    Hungary | 105 minutes | Awards Buzz-Best Foreign Language Film

  • Kills on Wheels

    Directed by Attila Till
    Hungary | 105 minutes | Awards Buzz-Best Foreign Language Film

This likeable and intrepid serio-comic fantasy is actually a surprisingly sensitive tale of two “differently-abled” 20-somethings from a Budapest rehab center who take up with a wheelchair-bound hit-man. Winner: Roger Ebert Award, Chicago.

film synopsis

This engaging serio-comic shaggy-dog story puts a new spin on the term "differently-abled" with the surprisingly sensitive tale of two 20-somethings from a Budapest rehab center who find a new trade when they become involved with a wheelchair-bound hit man. Although the grabby English-language title is technically accurate, it doesn't suggest the picture's depth and nuance, or the fact that this is really a coming-of-age story.

Zoli relies on a wheelchair because of spinal problems while Barba has a mild case of cerebral palsy. When they work together on a high concept graphic novel about a paraplegic former fireman, life and art (and film style) start to blur in intriguing ways.

Throughout the film, writer/director Attila Till cleverly plays with the fact that people frequently underestimate those they perceive as handicapped, and indeed the movie benefits from casting of non-professional performers with actual physical disabilities.

Winner: Roger Ebert Award, Chicago

film details

Director: Attila Till
Producers: Judit Stalter
Screenwriter: Attila Till
Cinematographers: Imre Juhasz
Editor: Márton Gothár
Music: Csaba Kalotás
Cast: Szabolcs Thuróczy, Zoltán Fenyvesi, Ádám Fekete, Mónika Balsai, Dusán Vitanovics
Original Language Title: Tiszta Szívvel
Country: Hungary
Language: Hungarian
Year: 2016
Running Time: 105 minutes
Awards: Roger Ebert Award, Chicago International Film Festival
Website: http://filmunio.eu/filmker1.php?lang=en&id=1042

2017 PS Film Festival