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Satantango (1994)

15
13/11/2006 (GB)
Drama
7h 12m

Overview

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.

  • Béla TarrDirector, Screenplay
  • László KrasznahorkaiScreenplay
  • Original Title

    Sátántangó

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Hungarian

  • Budget

    $1,500,000

Keywords

  • farm
  • epic
  • countryside
  • based on novel or book
  • cat
  • rain
  • hungary
  • loneliness
  • art house
  • poverty
  • black and white
  • writer
  • alcoholic
  • mental illness
  • remodernist
  • nonlinear timeline
  • multiple perspectives
  • contemplative cinema
  • powerful

Top Billed Cast

Mihály Víg

Mihály Víg

Irimiás

Putyi Horváth

Putyi Horváth

Petrina

Székely B. Miklós

Székely B. Miklós

Futaki

Erika Bók

Estike

László feLugossy

Schmidt

Alfréd Járai

Alfréd Járai

Halics

János Derzsi

János Derzsi

Kráner

Irén Szajki

Kránerné

Éva Almássy Albert

Éva Almássy Albert

Schmidtné

Erzsébet Gaál

Halicsné

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