

The Turin Horse
A look at the monotonous daily struggle of a father and daughter in a windswept, desolate landscape. Over six days, their routine of eating boiled potatoes and tending a failing horse crumbles, symbolizing a slow descent into darkness, emptiness, and the end of existence.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1M
- Box office
- $162.1K
- Language
- German
- gypsy
- nihilism
- horse
- turin italy
- remodernist
- animal abuse
- mortality
- contemplative cinema
- slow cinema
- bleak
- father daughter relationship
- romani people
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Behind the camera
Director
Music
Produced in
Hungary, Switzerland, France, Germany, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereNew York Film Festival13 Oct 2011
- Theatrical (limited)13 Oct 2011
- PremiereOak Cliff Film Festival17 Jun 2012
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival15 Sept 2011
- PremiereVancouver International Film Festival8 Oct 2011
BrazilBR
- PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival6 Oct 2011
ChinaCN
- PremiereBeijing International Film Festival18 Apr 2026
CzechiaCZ
- PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival3 Jul 2011
- Theatrical27 Sept 2011
FranceFR
- TheatricalU30 Nov 2011
GermanyDE
- PremiereBerlin International Film Festival15 Feb 2011
- Theatrical15 Mar 2012
GreeceGR
- Theatrical7 Apr 2011
- TheatricalRe-Issue24 Sept 2026
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1631 Mar 2011
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT151 Jun 2012
IsraelIL
- PremiereJerusalem Film Festival8 Jul 2011
ItalyIT
- TV25 Nov 2011
Frequently asked questions
The Turin Horse was released on 31 March 2011.
Audience reviews
1- C10/10
CRCulver
2/18/2018
In 2011 Béla Tarr, a Hungarian director who had drawn acclaim for his distinctive style of long takes à la Andrei Tarkovsky and a bleak and sardonic view of human existence, released what he stated would be his last film: THE TURIN HORSE. The film's genesis is rooted in a conversation between Tarr and the Hungarian novelist Laszlo Krasznahorkai some years before: Krasznahorkai recounted the story Friedrich Nietzsche'…
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