San Francisco Film Society Presents:

'The Turin Horse'

When
Event has passed (Fri Apr 13, 2012 - Thu Apr 19, 2012)
Cost
$9 - $11
Tags
Movies, Drama, Foreign

Description

Purportedly Béla Tarr’s final film, this masterpiece takes its scenario from a traumatic incident in Friedrich Nietzche’s life when he witnessed a horse being mercilessly whipped. Wondering what happened to the horse, the Hungarian auteur crafts a relentless film depicting the domestic life of a horse-cart driver and his daughter. Detailing the bare components of their impoverished daily lives, their existence worsens when their horse refuses to eat, drink, or pull a cart. Hinting at apocalypse with howling winds, scorched-earth terrain and gas lamps going mysteriously dark, Tarr’s incomparable but challenging film shows the persistence (and fruitlessness) of human effort in spite of everything.

Watch a trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch

More Info

Link
http://sffs.org/content.aspx?catid=928,942&pageid=2807
Call
415-525-8600
Call
415-762-0500 (Box Office)
Email
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Schedule

San Francisco Film Society | New People Cinema
1746 Post Street
San Francisco, CA
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