Satantango
1994 · Movie · 432 min · ★ 8.0 · 95% critics
In a small Hungarian village, people struggle after the local factory closes and daily life starts to unravel. As they wait for promised money, an unexpected return stirs hope and suspicion, and a plan to form a commune begins to pull the community in a new direction.
Based on Satantango
Also known as Satan's Tango
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Details
- Original title
- Sátántangó
- Years
- 1994
- Release date
- 1994-02-08
- Language
- HU
- Runtime
- 432 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 (308 votes)
About
You may like Satantango if you enjoy bleak, patient stories about a community under strain and don’t mind a very slow, heavy mood; Not for you if you want a fast-moving plot or lighter entertainment, and you might also appreciate Werckmeister Harmonies or The Turin Horse.
Pros: bleak atmosphere; patient storytelling; strong sense of place | Cons: very long runtime; slow pace; emotionally draining
Themes
- farm
- countryside
- based on novel or book
- cat
- rain
- hungary
- loneliness
- art house
- poverty
- black and white
- writer
- alcoholic
- +6 more
Cast & crew
Mihály Víg
as Irimiás
Putyi Horváth
as Petrina
Székely B. Miklós
as Futaki
- EB
Erika Bók
as Estike
- LF
László feLugossy
as Schmidt
Alfréd Járai
as Halics
János Derzsi
as Kráner
- IS
Irén Szajki
as Kránerné
Éva Almássy Albert
as Schmidtné
- EG
Erzsébet Gaál
as Halicsné
Directed by Béla Tarr