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In a film from this country, a police detective investigates a small-town murderer who children refer to as “the Giant.” The director of that 1990 film, Twilight, (-5[1])also directed a 1998 adaptation of The Postman Always Rings Twice titled Passion. (15[1])A film fictionalizing the metro in this country (-5[1])ends as a ticket inspector kisses a woman dressed as an angel while they ride an escalator. A director from this country created a film in which a woman threatens to move back in with her husband unless he lends his support to the (*) “Clean Up the Town” movement. In a film from this country, (10[1])rioters march to a hospital by torchlight and savagely beat the patients after hearing a speech by the Prince. A director from this country chronicled the arrival of a circus whose main attraction (10[1])is the corpse of a giant whale in his film Werckmeister Harmonies. For 10 points, name this home country of Nimród Antal, György (10[1])Fehér, and Béla Tarr. ■END■

ANSWER: Hungary (The unnamed film about the metro is Kontroll by Antal.)
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