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| Hyena (POL/2006) | | Directed Grzegorz Lewandowski Script Adrián Grzegorz Lewandowski Producer Pawel Rakowski Cast Borys Szyc, Jakub Romanowski, Magdalena Kumorek, Krzysztof Dracz Country Polónia Year 2006 Duration 87' Language Polish Subtitles Português/English Format 35 mm | Hyena takes place in the Silesia region of Poland. Maly is a teenager whose father died in a mining accident and lives with his mother. Their house is in the middle of a deserted field by a marsh that is full of industrial waste, metal scrap and pieces of machinery. Rumor has it that a man-hunting hyena lives on the marshland. Maly is very scared of the hyena since he has to cross the area everday on his way to school. He befriends a man who lives in a wooden hut on the marshland. Maly helps him as much as he can, bringing him food and in return the man promises to defend him from the hyena. But at the same time children start disappearing from a nearby town. When a little girl does not come back home, Maly starts to suspect the man. Superbly shot, taking advantage of the real industrial landscape of Silesia’s mining towns, Hyena is alternative horror and the polish answer to Pan’s Labyrinth. |
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