His Master's Voice (, ) 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.
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."His Master's Voice" @ denverfilm.orgHIS MASTER'S VOICE / Az Úr hangja Trailer 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".Anton Bitel, "His Master’s Voice first look: a voyage into an enigmatic universe of otherness" (film review at Fantasporto 2019)
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."Cannes: Hungarian Film Fund Backs Kornel Mundruczo’s ‘Superfluous Man,’ Gyorgy Palfi’s ‘The Voice’" While the majority of filming was in Hungary, His Master's Voice was also shot in various locations around Ottawa, Canada. The film has elements of mockumentary, featuring shots with outdated cameras and formats."Őrült művészfilm lett a magyar Stanislaw Lem-adaptáció" [The Hungarian adaptation of Stanislaw Lem became a crazy feature film]
His Master's Voice premiered at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival. At the 2019 Fantasporto International Film Festival, the film received the prize for the Best Visual Effects."FANTASPORTO 2019 39th OPORTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL" (retrieved October 27, 2019)
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