His Master's Voice (2018 film)
2018 Canadian film
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His Master's Voice (Hungarian: Az Úr hangja, lit. 'The Voice of The Lord') is a 2018 Hungarian science fiction film by György Pálfi loosely based on the novel His Master's Voice by Polish science fiction writer Stanisław Lem.
Zsófia Ruttkay
Gergö V. Nagy
1968 novel
by Stanisław Lem
Michael Dobbin
Ferenc Pusztai
| His Master's Voice | |
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| Directed by | György Pálfi |
| Screenplay by | György Pálfi Zsófia Ruttkay Gergö V. Nagy |
| Based on | His Master's Voice 1968 novel by Stanisław Lem |
| Produced by | Charles V. Bender Michael Dobbin Ferenc Pusztai |
| Starring | Kate Vernon Marshall Williams |
| Cinematography | Gergely Pohárnok |
| Edited by | Réka Lemhényi |
| Music by | György Mohai |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Countries | Canada Hungary France Sweden United States |
| Languages | English Hungarian |
Plot summary
The film follows a man who thinks he saw his father in a documentary about a mysterious incident in Colorado, around which a conspiracy theory had been formed. He embarks on the search of his father, who had fled Communist Hungary years ago.[1][2][3] Eventually he finds his father, now a well-off university professor with a new family, but whose life is still affected by his previous work to decode the "message from space".[4]
Cast
- Kate Vernon as Camille
- Eric Peterson as Hogarth
- Jenna Warren as Isobel
- Marshall Williams as Chris
- Andrew Moodie as Agent Simmons
- Benz Antoine as Jerome Vick Jr.
Production
The film was backed by a $2.54 million grant from the Hungarian National Film Fund.[5] While the majority of filming was in Hungary, His Master's Voice was also shot in various locations around Ottawa, Canada.[6] The film has elements of mockumentary, featuring shots with outdated cameras and formats.[7]
His Master's Voice premiered at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival.[8][9] At the 2019 Fantasporto International Film Festival, the film received the prize for the Best Visual Effects.[10]