Satantango
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.
- Director
- Béla Tarr
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
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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.
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Box Office & Release
- Budget
- $2M
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- Domestic gross
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- Release date
- Feb 8, 1994
- Runtime
- 7h 12m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- Hungarian
- Country
- Switzerland, Germany
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