Satantango
1994
· Movie
· 432 min
A
MEANRANK
88/100
Every rating
81–100
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 81, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 100, everyone else 85.
See the most agreed on films →Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.
Details
- Director
- Béla Tarr
- Writers
- Barna Mihók, Béla Tarr, László Krasznahorkai, Mihály Víg, Péter Dobai
- Based on
- a work by László Krasznahorkai
- Studio
- Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion, Vega Film, Mozgókép Innovációs Társulás és Alapítvány, Magyar Televízió
- Released
- 28 April 1994
- Country
- Germany, Hungary, Switzerland
- Language
- Hungarian
- Runtime
- 432 min
- Budget
- $1.5M
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