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A figure on the international film circuit but relatively still unknown outside of Europe, Kornél Mundruczó the helmer behind Johanna, Pleasant Days and most recently, the 2008 film Delta (a slow-paced, heavily dependent on natural surroundings pic that reminded me of Terrence Malick's work) is currently in production with, The Frankenstein Plan.

While Bela Tarr won't be ready with The Turin Horse, Hungary will be well represented by Kornel Mundruczó in the Main Comp and in the Un certain regard section next month we'll find Agnes Kocsis' second feature film. The Hungarian-Dutch-Austrian-French coproduction will be her second time in Cannes as she came to the festival in 2006 with her first feature, Friss levegö (Fresh Air) , which was her graduation film.

Normally the flag colors of red, white and green would announce a strong cluster of Italian films, but I think this year's edition of the Cannes Film Festival might include my previously announced predictions of seeing Benedek Fliegauf, Kornel Mundruczo and Bela Tarr, but Cineuropa is adding one more name to their list in helmer Agnes Kocsis.

If films such as Hungry's Delta from Kornél Mundruczó, Bosnia's Snow from Aida Begic and the slew of Romanian offerings are any indication – better infrastructure is equal to burgeoning new cinema trends from Central and Eastern Europe.

With nature overwhelming taking over the frame, comparisons to Terrence Malick's work are inevitable and justified for this Hungarian feature by Kornel Mundruczó. This mid day screening (one day late) screening for Delta caught me by surprise - ugliness and beauty co-exist here. In this film and I imagine in far away scapes like the setting of this picture, such issues like rape and incest come without consequences - almost normalized course of human nature. The ugliness is then outmatched by great cinematography capturing the weather patterns, canoed surroundings, long grass.