Satantango 15
Ranked number 62 in the Sight and 2022 directors' poll, Béla Tarr’s epic masterpiece Sátántangó graces Showroom Cinema for a special one-off 30th anniversary screening.
Adapted from Laszlo Karsnahorkai’s novel about the decline of Communism in Eastern Europe, Tarr creates a unique and visionary masterpiece that defies classification and transcends genre.
Set in a struggling Hungarian agricultural collective, a group of lost souls reeling from the collapse of their Communist utopia face an uncertain future, until the arrival of a charismatic stranger in whom they believe lies their salvation. The collective’s individual experiences and fates are gradually revealed in Tarr’s immaculately composed, brilliantly photographed and bleakly comic tour-de-force, which confirmed his place as one of contemporary cinema’s few genuine auteurs.
Sátántangó Running Order
Sátántangó will be presented across three DCPs with two intermissions.
Part 1: 12pm - 2:23pm
Intermission: Film to recommence at 2:45pm sharp
Part 2: 2:45pm - 4:50pm
Intermission: Film to recommence at 5:30pm sharp
Part 3: 5.30pm - 8.27pm
Content warning: Contains scenes of animal cruelty and infant death.
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- Director
- Béla Tarr
- Year
- 1994
- Duration
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Language
- Hungarian with English subtitles
- Cast
- Laszlo Lugossy, Mihaly Vig, Putyi Horvath
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