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The Kovak Box
The Kovak Box
	DVD cover
Directed by	Daniel Monzón
Written by	Daniel Monzón; Jorge Guerricaechevarría
Produced by	Álvaro Augustín
Starring	Timothy Hutton; Lucía Jiménez; Annette Badland; David Kelly
Cinematography	Carles Gusi
Edited by	Simon Cozens
Music by	Roque Baños
Distributed by	First Look Studios
Release dates	18 July 2006 (Montréal Fantasia Festival); 12 January 2007 (Spain);
Running time	102 minutes
Countries	Spain; United Kingdom
Language	English

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The Kovak Box is a 2006 psychological thriller film directed by Daniel Monzón and starring Timothy Hutton, Lucía Jiménez, Annette Badland and David Kelly. The film concerns an American horror/science fiction novelist who finds the plot of one of his stories unfold around him after a conference in Spain.

Synopsis

On the island city of Palma de Mallorca, David Norton (Hutton) promotes his latest book, The Kovak Box before a small private gathering of European fans. While nothing unusual happens, one of the audience members has a distinctive Russian Mafia arm tattoo, and the hotel concierges are subtly condescending towards Norton, despite the writer's mannered patronage and celebrity status.

Later in the evening, Norton's fiancee, Jane, receives an anonymous phone call and jumps off their hotel balcony. After Jane dies from her injuries in the hospital, Norton discovers a nearby patient, Silvia Mendez (Jiménez), did the same thing on the same night: While taking a shower, Silvia answered a call consisting only of the 1933 song Gloomy Sunday by composer Rezső Seress. After jumping from her window, she only remembers waking up nude under a crushed bar canopy. Silvia is a young nightclub debutante with no enemies or connections to the American couple. While Silvia recuperates in her apartment, a mysterious man attempts to stab her in the back of the neck but flees after their struggle. After the attack, Silvia reunites with Norton, who is also being pursued by unknown assailants.

Norton finds that the events coincide with the plot of his latest book, which is based on a real individual: Frank Kovak (Kelly), a Hungarian doctor who was disgraced and driven to exile after his experiments were passed off as psychological warfare. Kovak used neural implants and paid a network of criminals to reproduce the experiment—in which everyone takes their life (or suffers a brutal death) while the Gloomy Sunday song plays—on Norton. Ailing from a terminal brain tumor, Kovak has nothing to lose except Norton winning his deadly game.

Cast

Timothy Hutton as David Norton^[1]
Lucía Jiménez as Silvia Mendez
David Kelly as Frank Kovak
Georgia Mackenzie as Jane Graham (as Georgia MacKenzie)
Gary Piquer as Jaume
Annette Badland as Kathy
Isabel Abarraga as Judy
Jorge Aguado de Gabriel as Man with Umbilical Cord
Ralph Angrick as Lift Passenger
Ana Asensio as CNW Announcer
Nina Bagusat as Hostess
Keith Bartlett as Admirer
Julio Bastida as Telecinco Announcer
Jorge Bosch as Forensic
Nicholas Boulton as Consulate Employee

References

^ Kovak Box (2006) — Filmweb

External links

The Kovak Box at IMDb

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[1] Kovak Box (2006) — Filmweb

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 On the island city of [[Palma de Mallorca]], David Norton (Hutton) promotes his latest book, ''The Kovak Box'' before a small private gathering of European fans. While nothing unusual happens, one of the audience members has a distinctive [[Russian Mafia]] arm tattoo, and the hotel [[concierge]]s are subtly condescending towards Norton, despite the writer's mannered patronage and celebrity status.
-Later in the evening, Norton's fiancee, Jane, receives an anonymous phone call and [[Jumper_(person)|jumps off]] their hotel balcony. After Jane dies from her injuries in the hospital, Norton discovers a nearby patient, Silvia Mendez (Jiménez), did the same thing on the same night: While taking a shower, Silvia answered a call consisting only of the 1933 song ''[[Gloomy Sunday]]'' by composer [[Rezső Seress]]. After jumping from her window, she only remembers waking up nude under a crushed bar canopy. Silvia is a young nightclub debutante with no enemies or connections to the American couple. While Silvia recuperates in her apartment, a mysterious man attempts to stab her in the back of the neck but flees after their struggle. After the attack, Silvia reunites with Norton, who is also being pursued by unknown assailants.
+Later in the evening, Norton's fiancee, Jane, receives an anonymous phone call and [[Jumper (person)|jumps off]] their hotel balcony. After Jane dies from her injuries in the hospital, Norton discovers a nearby patient, Silvia Mendez (Jiménez), did the same thing on the same night: While taking a shower, Silvia answered a call consisting only of the 1933 song ''[[Gloomy Sunday]]'' by composer [[Rezső Seress]]. After jumping from her window, she only remembers waking up nude under a crushed bar canopy. Silvia is a young nightclub debutante with no enemies or connections to the American couple. While Silvia recuperates in her apartment, a mysterious man attempts to stab her in the back of the neck but flees after their struggle. After the attack, Silvia reunites with Norton, who is also being pursued by unknown assailants.
-Norton finds that the events coincide with the plot of his latest book, which is based on a real individual: Frank Kovak (Kelly), a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] doctor who was disgraced and driven to exile after his experiments were passed off as [[psychological warfare]]. Kovak used [[neural implants]] and paid a network of criminals to reproduce the experiment -- in which everyone takes their life (or suffers a brutal death) while the ''Gloomy Sunday'' song plays -- on Norton. Ailing from a terminal [[brain tumor]], Kovak has nothing to lose except Norton winning his deadly game.
+Norton finds that the events coincide with the plot of his latest book, which is based on a real individual: Frank Kovak (Kelly), a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] doctor who was disgraced and driven to exile after his experiments were passed off as [[psychological warfare]]. Kovak used [[neural implants]] and paid a network of criminals to reproduce the experiment—in which everyone takes their life (or suffers a brutal death) while the ''Gloomy Sunday'' song plays—on Norton. Ailing from a terminal [[brain tumor]], Kovak has nothing to lose except Norton winning his deadly game.
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 * [[Jorge Bosch]] as Forensic
 * Nicholas Boulton as Consulate Employee
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