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The Turin Horse
The Turin Horse

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János Derzsi, Erika Bók
Feb 10, 2012
Unrated, 2 hr. 26 min.

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Cast: János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos, Ricsi, Volker Spengler
Director: Bela Tarr
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 2 hr. 26 min.
Genre: Art House & International, Drama
Theater Release: Feb 10, 2012
Synopsis: On January 3, 1889 in Turin, Italy, Friedrich Nietzsche steps out of the doorway of number six, Via Carlo Albert. Not far from him, a cab driver is having trouble with a stubborn horse. The horse refuses to move, whereupon the driver loses his patience and takes his whip to it. Nietzsche puts an end to the brutal scene, throwing his arms around the horse's neck, sobbing. After this, he lies motionless and silent for two days on a divan, until he loses consciousness and his mind. Somewhere in the countryside, the driver of the cab lives with his daughter and the horse. Outside, a windstorm rages. Immaculately photographed in Bela Tarr's renowned long takes, The Turin Horse is the final statement from a master filmmaker. -- (C) Official Site

Critic Reviews

  • Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Chicago Reader
    Through Tarr's meticulous vision, these ordinary hardships take on cosmic weight; this is tedium vividly rendered.
  • Stephanie Merry, Washington Post
    An intentionally monotonous look at the lives of a farmer and his daughter. Strange events signal the end is nigh, but it approaches at the pace of a lethargic inchworm.
  • Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
    Starkly beautiful and exceedingly demanding, "The Turin Horse," which Hungarian master Béla Tarr has said will be his last film, is both easy and impossible to define.
  • V.A. Musetto, New York Post
    A sumptuous masterpiece by one of the greatest moviemakers of all time.
  • A.O. Scott, New York Times
    Displays Mr. Tarr's uncompromising, atavistic commitment to darkness, difficulty and lapidary pictorial sublimity.
  • Mark Jenkins, NPR
    The Turin Horse is an absolute vision, masterly and enveloping in a way that less personal, more conventional movies are not. The film doesn't seduce; it commands.
  • Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
    If ... one has a need to cleanse their palate of even indie fare that seems familiar and cookie-cutter, this immersive, contemplative, black-and-white film may, in its way, be invigorating.
  • Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
    Tarr, who is only 56, claims The Turin Horse as his last film, and it's hard to imagine a follow-up.
  • Richard Brody, New Yorker
    Tarr turns the particular universal; this family's subsistence reflects ordeals faced daily throughout the world, even today...
  • Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
    Watching them is something like visiting the world's most fantastic art museum and taking an ice-cold shower, both at the same time.
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