The Turin horse

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Movie
German title The Turin horse
Original title A Torinói ló
Country of production Hungary , France , Germany , Switzerland , USA
original language Hungarian
Publishing year 2011
length 146 minutes
Rod
Director Béla Tarr ,
Ágnes Hranitzky
script László Krasznahorkai ,
Béla Tarr
production Gábor Téni ,
Martin Hagemann ,
Juliette Lepoutre ,
Marie-Pierre Macia ,
Ruth Waldburger
music Mihály Víg
camera Fred Kelemen
cut Ágnes Hranitzky
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
The Man from London

The Turin Horse (original title: A Torinói ló ) is a feature film by the Hungarian director Béla Tarr from 2011. Co-director was his wife Ágnes Hranitzky , who was also responsible for the assembly .

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The title of the film refers to an anecdote reported by the narrator at the beginning of the film: In January 1889, immediately before his mental collapse in Turin, Friedrich Nietzsche is said to have used a theatrical gesture to save a striking cab horse from the whip of the angry coachman. Nietzsche then suffered his collapse, which left him mentally deranged for the rest of his life. What happened to the horse is unknown.

The main part of the film is the portrayal of the life of a poor family of potato farmers at the end of the 19th century: the life of an old farmer and his grown daughter on a small farm is depicted over a period of six days. The landscape is barren, the work and the course of the day monotonous and uniform. Both exchange only a few and scanty words with each other. The horse of the family, which metaphorically or actually could be seen as the horse of the Nietzsche anecdote, still experiences the greatest affection. When an incessant storm sweeps through the country, the lives of the two inevitably change. A neighbor who wants to buy some pálinka from the farmer reports that the neighboring town was completely destroyed by the storm and blames the catastrophe on the greed of the people and the non-existence of the gods. Later gypsies appear and drink from the well, but are chased away by the angry farmer. The next day her well dried up.

Every day a piece of their livelihood is being withdrawn from the two. The horse stops eating and finally drinking, the well dries up, the fire in the hearth no longer burns. When the kerosene lamp also goes out, only darkness remains. The storm finally subsides. On the sixth day the farmer and his daughter sit at the table where they want to eat raw potatoes. The daughter refuses to eat the potato, despite requests from her father. Then the father also stops eating and sits at the table with his daughter in complete silence.

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The black and white film celebrated its premiere on February 15, 2011 as part of the competition at the 61st Berlinale . The cinema release in Germany took place on March 15, 2012 in Basis-Film Verleih .

Reviews

"A strenuous as well as fascinating cinematic show of strength, which challenges in its breathtakingly rough poetry full of symbols and metaphors."

- Lexicon of International Films

“Like no other director, Béla Tarr lets the narrative become sensually tangible. The monotony of the images, the repetition of the actions and the slowly spreading resignation develop a pull that is difficult to escape. "

- Simon Broll : The mirror

Awards (selection)

Berlin International Film Festival 2011

European Film Award 2011

  • Nomination for Béla Tarr in the category Best Director
  • Nomination for Fred Kelemen in the category Best Cinematography
  • Nomination for Mihály Víg in the category Best Film Music

In 2016, The Turin Horse ranked 63rd in a BBC poll of the 100 most important films of the 21st century .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Das Turiner Pferd berlinale.de, accessed on April 9, 2013
  2. ^ The Turin Horse filmstart.de, accessed on April 9, 2013
  3. ↑ The Turin horse. Zweausendeins.de, accessed on April 9, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Simon Broll: Film "The Turin Horse": Let there be night. spiegel.de, March 15, 2012, accessed April 9, 2013 .