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"There's no such thing as a free ride."

2003 1h 47m HU

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 315

ComedyCrimeDramaThriller

Synopsis

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A subway enforcement officer working in the oppressively gray Budapest metro gets a chance at love — but first he needs to find out why passengers are jumping — or being pushed — to their deaths onto the tracks.

“There's no such thing as a free ride.”

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Cast

Sándor Csányi
Bulcsú
Zoltán Mucsi
Professzor
Csaba Pindroch
Muki
Sándor Badár
Lecsó
Zsolt Nagy
Tibi
Balla Eszter
Szofi
Lajos Kovács
Béla
Bence Mátyássy
Gyalogkakukk

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Nimród Antal
Writers: Nimród Antal, Jim Adler
Languages: Hungarian, Italian, Spanish
Countries: Hungary

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Hungarian, Italian, Spanish.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Nimród Antal, shot by Gyula Pados. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor István Király shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Sándor Csányi and Zoltán Mucsi and Csaba Pindroch carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "There's no such thing as a free ride.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0373981 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nimród Antal directs. Gyula Pados behind the camera. István Király cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Hungary. Dialogue in Hungarian, Italian, Spanish.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 23 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Hungarian, Italian, Spanish.
4Directed by Nimród Antal, shot by Gyula Pados. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor István Király shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Sándor Csányi and Zoltán Mucsi and Csaba Pindroch carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "There's no such thing as a free ride.".
8IMDB entry: tt0373981 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 12 themes, including "budapest, hungary", "underground", "subway", "allegory".