Satantango (1994)
Overview : 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.
Release Date : February 8, 1994
Runtime : 432m
Genre : Drama
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