Satantango
MovieTitle | Sátántangó |
User score | 8.1 |
Release date | Feb 8, 1994 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Béla Tarr |
Production country | Germany, Hungary, Switzerland |
Production companies | Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF), Vega Film, Mozgókép Innovációs Társulás és Alapítvány, Magyar Televízió, TSR |
Budget | $1,500,000 |
Run time | 432 min. |
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.