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The Turin Horse
A look at the monotonous daily struggle of a father and daughter in a windswept, desolate landscape. Over six days, their routine of eating boiled potatoes and tending a failing horse crumbles, symbolizing a slow descent into darkness, emptiness, and the end of existence.
2011 · Directed by Béla Tarr · 155 min · Drama · 18 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Béla Tarr, László Krasznahorkai
- Cinematography: Fred Kelemen
- Edited by: Ágnes Hranitzky
- Music: Mihály Víg
- Production design: László Rajk
- Produced by: Gábor Téni, Juliette Lepoutre, Martin Hagemann, Marie-Pierre Macia
Cast
- János Derzsi as Ohlsdorfer
- Erika Bók as Ohlsdorfer's daughter
- Mihály Kormos as Bernhard
- Lajos Kovács as Bernhard (voice)
- Mihály Ráday as Narrator (voice)
Production
- Country: Hungary, Switzerland, France, Germany, United States of America
- Language: German, Hungarian
- Studios: Motion Picture Public Foundation of Hungary, Vega Film, Zero Fiction Film, Fonds Eurimages du Conseil de l'Europe
- Budget: $1,000,000
- Box office: $162,088
- Themes: gypsy, nihilism, horse, turin italy, remodernist, animal abuse, mortality, contemplative cinema, slow cinema, bleak
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