White Palms (Feher Tenyer)

White Palms (Feher Tenyer) (2006)

  • 89% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 57% of users liked it
    (1,464 ratings)

An athlete recalls his troubled youth while helping to coach a talented but headstrong youngster in this drama from Hungarian filmmaker Szabolcs Hajdu. Miklos Dongo (Miklos Zoltan Hajdu) is a world class gymnast who competed in the Olympics before taking on his current career as a performer with… More

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Unrated, 1 hr. 43 min.
Directed By
Szabolcs Hajdu
Written By
Szabolcs Hajdu
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Jun 20, 2007 Wide
On DVD
Sep 11, 2007
Strand Releasing

Critic Reviews

  • Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times

    The term 'sports film' doesn't do justice to White Palms, a punishing, beautiful drama about a troubled 30-something Hungarian gymnast.

  • Aaron Hillis, Village Voice

    The more riveting, grim storyline ... is seen in flashback to the early 1980s, as tween Miklos lives like his parents' show pony in an anxiety nightmare of nonstop humiliation, heightened here through haunting soundscapes.

  • Eddie Cockrell, Variety

    An uncommonly resonant sports drama in which a talented yet troubled gymnast comes to terms with a turbulent past, White Palms proves a distinctive and absorbing third feature by Szabolcs Hajdu.

  • Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter

    Striking, deeply felt drama.

  • , Globe and Mail

    Delivers all the familiar pleasures of a based-on-a-true-story sports drama.

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