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Sátántangó

Satantango

1994

In a decaying Hungarian village after the fall of Communism, the ruined residents await a mysterious returning figure who may be a savior or a swindler. Béla Tarr's hypnotic, seven-hour black-and-white epic of mud, rain, and despair.

Why it’s here

Bela Tarr's monumental Hungarian-language adaptation and one of the defining works of post-socialist Hungarian cinema.