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The Turin Horse
2012 · Béla Tarr | Ágnes Hranitzky · Gábor Téni · 156 minutes
The Turin Horse ( Hungarian : A torinói ló ) is a 2011 Hungarian period drama film directed by Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky , starring János Derzsi , Erika Bók , and Mihály Kormos. It was co-written by Tarr and his frequent collaborator László Krasznahorkai . It recalls the whipping of a horse in the Italian city of Turin that is rumoured to have caused the mental breakdown of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche . The film is in black-and-white, shot in only 30 long takes by Tarr's regular cameraman Fred Kelemen , and depicts the repetitive daily lives of the horse-owner and his daughter.