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Drama

Sátántangó

Year
1994
Director
Béla Tarr
Length
439 minArbelos 4K restoration Version sources ↓

In a collapsing rural settlement, the return of a persuasive man reorganises hope, money, and betrayal.

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Language
Hungarian
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Three small coated figures cross a broad muddy field beside an arc of looping footprints.

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What to expect

Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky use long takes and a looping structure to make duration social. Mud, wind, drink, walking, and waiting become the material conditions in which manipulation can feel like salvation.

How to ease in

Arbelos lists its 4K restoration at 439 minutes (7 hours 19 minutes), before any breaks. Plan your viewing time around that presentation; the chapters circle back over events rather than moving steadily forward.

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A quick, non-exhaustive note Includes child abuse, animal cruelty, suicide, alcohol misuse, violence, and extremely slow pacing.
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I feel time collecting on every coat and wall. The length is not an obstacle placed before the story; it is how the settlement’s exhaustion becomes shared experience.

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