Uncompromising Hungarian master Bela Tarr has threatened that A Turin Horse will be his last ever film. If so, it would make a magnificent swansong, but it would be a real loss for cinema. The film is set in Turin in 1889, using the famous anecdote of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s mental breakdown as its starting point. Nietzsche flings his arms around an exhausted carriage horse, then loses consciousness and his mind. The film follows the horse and the story of the farmer’s family that owns it, unfolding an exquisitely composed sequence of 30 long takes, a poetic fable of a severe rural way of life.
- Countries
- France,
- Germany,
- Hungary,
- Switzerland
- Director:
- Béla Tarr
- Running Time:
- 146 mins
- Subtitles:
- Yes
- Year:
- 2011
- Showing:
- This is a past event.
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