The main entrance of Chapter in the distance, with some plants in the foreground.

Film

Werckmeister Harmonies (12)

  • 2h 19m

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  • Duration 2h 19m
  • Type Film

Hungary | 2000 | 139’ | 12 | Béla Tarr | Hungarian and Slovak with English subtitles | Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla

In the Hungarian lowlands, during Communist times, a town is unsettled by the arrival of a strange traveling circus. It attracts the interest of the inhabitants who line up by the hundreds to see the main attraction: a stuffed whale hiding a mysterious prince. Beautifully composed in black and white in 39 sensuously long shots (the average for a film is in the hundreds), this is an elusive fable, newly restored for this release.

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The main entrance of Chapter in the distance, with some plants in the foreground.

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