7/10
I've been wanting to see this movie since its release in 2009, but only got to it now. It's British director Peter Strickland's debut, though the film is set in the Hungarian-speaking part of Romania, Transilvania to be exact. Katalin Varga is a woman who has been raped, and thus is thrown out of her village by her husband. With nowhere else to go she takes her 11-year old son with her as she tries to track down her attacker. I wanted to like this movie more than I did - it felt a little clunky at times, especially with certain plot points I won't reveal for fear of spoilers. It also had a really great piece of music (piece of sound, to be more accurate) by Nurse with Wound, but overused it. There were positives though - the woman playing Katalin Varga was excellent and the rural photography and slow pace were both excellent. Strickland has a new movie coming out called Berberian Sound Studio and I'm definitely curious to see that one, even moreso now.
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