Cycle
From 16.04. To 27.04.2007.
Program of films by Béla Tarr
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Films in cycle
Werckmeister Harmonies
(Werckmeister harmóniák, Hungary, France, Italy, Germany, 2000)
Directed by: Béla Tarr
PHOTOGRAPHY: Patrick de Ranter, Miklós Gurbán, Erwin Lanzensberger, Gábor Medvigy, Emil Novák, Rob Tregenza
Synopsis:
Inhabitants of a provincial Hungarian town eagerly await the arrival of a circus whose main attractions are the body of “the biggest whale in the world” and the mysterious prince who has a strange talent for attracting violent followers. When the circus finally arrives to town everybody gathers on the main square to see the attractions. Soon the balance of the town is affected and feelings of tension, violence and pending apocalypse arise. Film's co-director is Ágnes Hranitzky.
b/w, 145'
PROJECTION:
Friday 27.04.2007 AT 18:00
Monday 16.04.2007 AT 20:00
Family Nest
(Családi tüzfészek, Hungary, 1977)
Directed by: Béla Tarr
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ferenc Pap
Synopsis:
Tarr’s first feature is a social drama about a young couple with a daughter who are forced to live in a small apartment with the husband’s parents and their two other children. In order to get their own apartment and finally have some privacy, each week they go on a bureaucratic mission...
b/w, 108'
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 18.04.2007 AT 21:00
Tuesday 17.04.2007 AT 19:00
The Outsider
(Szabadgyalog, Hungary, 1981)
Directed by: Béla Tarr
PHOTOGRAPHY: Barna Mihók, Ferenc Pap
Synopsis:
The hero of this film is a talented but unambitious violinist András who was once thrown out of a music school. He keeps changing jobs and drowns his sorrows in alcohol. Soon after his wife gives birth to an extramarital son he marries another woman and hopes for better luck. However, due to a lack of money his marriage collapses and his second wife cheats on him as well.
color, 122'
PROJECTION:
Thursday 19.04.2007 AT 21:00
Wednesday 18.04.2007 AT 18:30
The Prefab People
(Panelkapcsolat, 1982)
Directed by: Béla Tarr
PHOTOGRAPHY: Barna Mihók, Ferenc Pap
Synopsis:
Once a happy couple, Feleség and Férj, are trying to save their marriage and family while constantly fighting poverty. Feleség is an unhappy housewife and a mother of two children. Her husband, Férj, works in a factory. Over time the two of them grow apart, but when Férj gets a job offer abroad, Feleség persuades him to refuse it because she does not want to stay alone with the children.
b/w, 35 mm, 84 min
PROJECTION:
Monday 23.04.2007 AT 21:00
Thursday 19.04.2007 AT 19:00
Satan's Tango
(Sátántangó, Hungary, Germany, Švicarska, 1994)
Directed by: Béla Tarr
PHOTOGRAPHY: Gábor Medvigy
Synopsis:
This is a seven and a half hour long film adaptation of Lászlo Krasznahorkai’s novel. It is divided in twelve parts (6 + 6, steps in tango) with the same titles as in the novel. In a shabby Hungarian village with just a few inhabitants, news arrives that a man called Irimiás, whom everyone had thought dead, is coming back. Upon his return, Irimiás announces his plans to revitalize the village -- but his real plans are a little bit different involve the peasants’ money...
b/w, 450'
PROJECTION:
Wednesday 25.04.2007 AT 16:00
Saturday 21.04.2007 AT 16:00
Almanac of Fall
(Őszi almanach, Hungary, 1984)
Directed by: Béla Tarr
PHOTOGRAPHY: Buda Gulyás, Sándor Kardos, Ferenc Pap
Synopsis:
This is a harsh story about five people who are stuck together in a small apartment. They are János, his sick mother Hédi, her nurse Anna, Anna’s lover and the unemployed teacher Tibor. Hédi is helpless and depends on help from other tenants, but they also depend on her because she handles the money and owns the apartment.
color, 119'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 24.04.2007 AT 21:00
Monday 23.04.2007 AT 19:00
Damnation
(Kárhozat, Hungary, 1988)
Directed by: Béla Tarr
PHOTOGRAPHY: Gábor Medvigy
Synopsis:
Karrer is a shy and lonely man, disappointed with the world. He has only one wish left: he yearns after the singer in the Titanik bar he goes to every day. Even though she is married, Karrer will do anything to win her over. When the bar’s owner offers him a smuggling job, Karrer hands it over to the singer’s husband which allows him to flirt with her.