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Satantango

1994 · 7h 12m · Drama

IMDb 8.2 RT 100%

Only watch tonight if you've got seven-and-a-half hours to spare and a serious appetite for slow-burn Eastern European cinema—this Béla Tarr masterpiece is a hypnotic, deliberately paced meditation on post-Communist despair that rewards patience but demands it relentlessly. The perfect scores say it's essential viewing, but be honest with yourself about whether you're in the mood for an avant-garde endurance test or just want something fun.

Plot

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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