# Satantango (1994)

> A seven-hour black-and-white descent into rain-soaked village stagnation, where hope, greed, and charismatic manipulation keep a fractured Hungarian community trapped.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/19648

## Facts

- Runtime: 432 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Béla Tarr
- Cast: Mihály Víg, Putyi Horváth, Székely B. Miklós, Erika Bók, László feLugossy, Alfréd Járai, János Derzsi, Irén Szajki
- TMDB rating: 8.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111341/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: glacial
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: mild
- Mood: bleak, oppressive, melancholic, focused arthouse viewing, rainy day

## Synopsis

In a small village, the arrival of a long-lost figure stirs tension and greed among the residents.

## Movies like Satantango

- [Dealer (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/40249)
- [Strangled (2016)](https://ember.film/movie/287337)
- [The Turin Horse (2011)](https://ember.film/movie/57682)
- [Heart of Glass (1976)](https://ember.film/movie/16472)
- [The Notebook (2013)](https://ember.film/movie/116830)
- [Fateless (2005)](https://ember.film/movie/26597)
- [The Ballad of Piargy (2022)](https://ember.film/movie/879625)
- [The Round-Up (1966)](https://ember.film/movie/65521)
- [Taxidermia (2006)](https://ember.film/movie/9441)
- [Paraguayan Hammock (2006)](https://ember.film/movie/83808)

---

Site overview: https://ember.film/llms.txt