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Satantango

Satantango

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 8, 1994

Runtime

7h 12m

Genres

Drama

User Score

82%

Original Title

Sátántangó

Production Companies

Von Vietinghoff Filmproduktion (VVF), Vega Film, Mozgókép Innovációs Társulás és Alapítvány, Magyar Televízió, TSR

Director

Béla Tarr

Budget

$1,500,000

Description

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.