The Man from London

to its late showing and the poor quality of the dubbing. A proposal for the film to open the Hungarian Film Week out of competition had previously been rejected by the festival’s board. Following its Cannes appearance, the film was re-dubbed in French and English and screened at the film festivals of Toronto, Melbourne, Edinburgh, Vancouver and New York. It proved controversial in New York, where elements of the audience reacted favourably when the film appeared to end prematurely due to a technical fault; others greeted the actual conclusion with fervent applause and calls of bravo. Global sales rights to the film were bought by Fortissimo Films. In the United Kingdom, distributor Artificial Eye released the film theatrically in December 2008, 18 months following its Cannes premiere. They later released a DVD box set of Tarr’s films which collected The Man from London with