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The Turin Horse

7.6(439)20112h 35m3

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

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Béla Tarr

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

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The Turin Horse was released on 31 March 2011.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CRCulver

    2/18/2018

    10/10

    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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