Satantango

Movie

1994

7h 12m

Hungarian

Drama

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8.3

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Satantango

Movie

1994

7h 12m

Hungarian

Drama

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Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.

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Cast

Irimiás

Petrina

Futaki

Estike

Schmidt

Halics

Kráner

Kránerné

Schmidtné

Halicsné

Orvos

Iskolaigazgató

Kocsmáros

Kerekes

Százados

Horgos Sanyi

Horgosné

Kelemen

Orvos (voice)

Katalin Krizsánné Kovács

Directed By: Béla Tarr

Written By: Béla Tarr (Screenplay), Péter Dobai (Story), + 4 more

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drtrotusk says...

2 years ago

If you need 7+ hours and an abused cat to tell this asinine story than you are not a very good storyteller/filmmaker. What a waste of time.

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miguelreina says...

4 years ago

[Filmin, 4K Restoration] Cows. Poverty. Land. "Don't read Genesis; read Revelation." Rain. Communism. Mud. "The rain destroys everything." Tango. The dance of the poor is tango. "My father is the sea, my mother is the land, my name is Tango". Long takes. Time stopped. Bells. "Futaki woke up to the sound of the bells." Despair. Cinema. Masterpiece.

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CursedChico

CONTAINS SPOILERS3 years ago

First time seeing such a long movie. Starts very dark and slow. very different.

Movie starts with "dedicated to alf bold". Alf Bold is longtime co-worker with Ulrich Gregor, i think from berlin film festival.

In first hour, in cafe when people look they were frozen. It was a hard scene More

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