THE TURIN HORSE
by Béla Tarr
synopsis
Freely inspired by an episode that marked the end of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s career. On January 3,1889, on the piazza Alberto in Turin, a weeping Nietzsche flung his arms around an exhausted and ill-treated carriage horse, then lost consciousness. After this event – which forms the prologue to Tarr’s film – the philosopher never wrote again and descended into madness and silence. From this starting point, The Turin Horse goes on to explore the lives of the coachman, his daughter and the horse in an atmosphere of poverty heralding the end of the world.
international title: | The Turin Horse |
original title: | A Torinói ló |
country: | Hungary, France, Switzerland, Germany |
sales agent: | Films Boutique |
year: | 2011 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Béla Tarr |
film run: | 150' |
release date: | HG 31/03/2011, GR 07/04/2011, DK 14/07/2011, NL 20/10/2011, FR 30/11/2011, DE 15/03/2012, PL 30/03/2012, EE 05/04/2012, PT 14/05/2012, UK 01/06/2012 |
screenplay: | Béla Tarr, László Krasznahorkai |
cast: | Erika Bók, János Derzsi, Mihály Kormos |
cinematography by: | Fred Kelemen |
film editing: | Ágnes Hranitzky |
art director: | Sándor Kállay |
costumes designer: | János Breckl |
music: | Mihály Víg |
producer: | Gábor Téni, Béla Tarr, Marie-Pierre Macia, Juliette Lepoutre, Ruth Waldburger, Martin Hagemann |
production: | T.T.Filmmuhely, MPM Film (Movies Partners in Motion Film), Vega Film, Zero Fiction Film GmbH |
backing: | Werc Werk Work, Eurimages, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation |
distributor: | Basis-Film Verleih, New Star, Dulac Distribution, Midas Filmes, Paco Poch Cinema |