Attila Bertalan Movies

In this offbeat mixture of sci-fi and film noir influences, Tobi (Attila Bertalan), who is a junk dealer and small-time hustler stranded on a dying planet of losers and cast-offs, is desperate to leave and find a better life on Earth. Tobi has learned that a gang of Russian émigrés can arrange passage to Earth, but that leaves Tobi with the difficult task of finding the Russians, and then finding a way to pay his fare. Tobi's best bet for raising the cash is his friend, Tony Lee (Russell Yuen), who has a rare gift for playing cards, but Tobi also has to contend with the scheming of Carmella (Kena Molina), a seductress who says she'll do anything for Tobi; Tobi's supposed friend Louis (Gerald Gagnon); and Louis' significant other (Pascale Bussieres), who enjoys playing Louis and Tobi against each other. Between the Moon and Montevideo was shot on location in Cuba to give the film an unusual and weather-beaten look; Attila Bertalan, who plays Tobi, also served as director and screenwriter. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Using no dialogue whatsoever, this feature follows the adventures of a soldier who has been shot and retains a bullet in his skull. His goal is to avoid getting shot thereafter. Unfortunately, though he is a good-hearted and decent fellow, he persists in being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and frequently winds up identified as an enemy soldier by both sides. He rescues and is rescued by a man who has left his home to find medicine for his very sick wife and gotten drafted. Meanwhile, the two sides in the war aggressively butcher one another. This Canadian festival film should not be confused with John Woo's infinitely more commercial movie with the same title. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi