The Turin Horse

The Turin Horse
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBéla Tarr
Ágnes Hranitzky
Written byLászló Krasznahorkai
Béla Tarr
Produced byGábor Téni
StarringJános Derzsi
Erika Bók
Mihály Kormos
Narrated byMihály Ráday
CinematographyFred Kelemen
Edited byÁgnes Hranitzky
Music byMihály Víg
Production
company
T. T. Filmműhely
Distributed byMásképp Alapítvány
Cirko Film
Release dates
  • 15 February 2011 (2011-02-15) (Berlinale)
  • 31 March 2011 (2011-03-31)
Running time
156 minutes
CountryHungary
LanguageHungarian
Budget430 million HUF[1]

The Turin Horse (Hungarian: A torinói ló) is a 2011 Hungarian period drama film directed by Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, starring János Derzsi, Erika Bók and Mihály Kormos.[2] It was co-written by Tarr and his frequent collaborator László Krasznahorkai. It recalls the whipping of a horse in the Italian city of Turin that is rumoured to have caused the mental breakdown of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. The film is in black-and-white, shot in only 30 long takes by Tarr's regular cameraman Fred Kelemen,[3] and depicts the repetitive daily lives of the horse-owner and his daughter.

The film was an international co-production led by the Hungarian company T. T. Filmműhely. Tarr announced then that it was to be his last film. After having been postponed several times, it premiered in 2011 at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, where it received the Jury Grand Prix. The Hungarian release was postponed after the director criticised the country's government in an interview.

The Turin Horse opened to general acclaim from film critics.

  1. ^ KATI, GŐZSY. "Tarr Béla utolsó világ premierjére készül". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  2. ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 135. ISBN 978-1908215017.
  3. ^ The Turin Horse, by Jonathan Romney, Screen Daily, 15 February 2011

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