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Satantango

Satantango

Feb 08, 1994 7h 12m
8.1
265 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title Satantango
Companies Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF), Vega Film, Mozgókép Innovációs Társulás és Alapítvány, Magyar Televízió, TSR
Countries Germany, Hungary, Switzerland
Keywords farm, epic, countryside, based on novel or book, cat, rain, hungary, loneliness, art house, poverty, black and white, writer, alcoholic, mental illness, remodernist, nonlinear timeline, multiple perspectives, contemplative cinema