The Turin Horse

2011 PG-13 2h 35m

7.6 / 10 418

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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.

Director Béla Tarr

Writers

László Krasznahorkai Béla Tarr László Krasznahorkai

Stars

János Derzsi Erika Bók Mihály Kormos

Ohlsdorfer's daughter

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CRCulver 18 Feb 2018

10/10

In 2011 Béla Tarr, a Hungarian director who had drawn acclaim for his distinctive style of long takes à la Andrei Tarkovsky and a bleak and sardonic view of human existence, released what he stated would be his last film: THE TURIN HORSE. The film's genesis is rooted in a conversation between Tarr and the Hungarian novelist Laszlo Krasznahorkai some years before: Krasznahorkai recounted the story ...