Archive Cinema City 2011.

The Turin Horse

A torinói ló

Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary, France, Germany, Switzerland, United Stat
Year: 2011
Duration: 146 min

Director: Béla Tarr
Scenario: László Krasznahorkai, Béla Tarr

Cast: Erika Bók, János Derzsi, Mihály Kormos

Programme selection: Hommage to Foreign Author - Béla Tarr

Synopsis:

1889. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the whipping of a horse while traveling in Turin, Italy. He tossed his arms around the horse's neck to protect it then collapsed to the ground. In less than one month, Nietzsche would be diagnosed with a serious mental illness that would make him bed-ridden and speechless for the next eleven years until his death. But whatever did happen to the horse?

Awards:

FIPRESCI, Silver Berlin Bear, Berlin International Film Festival, 2011


 

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