Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Bela Tarr’s The Turin Horse

Master of the long take, this won’t be your standard biopic on Nietzsche – as the POV is shared with those who changed the philosopher’s life course. Rumor is that this would be Tarr’s last film.

Eric Lavallée

Published on January 17, 2010

#33. The Turin Horse

Director: Béla Tarr
Writer(s): Tarr and László Krasznahorkai
Producers: Gábor Téni
Distributor: Rights Available.

The Gist: Freely inspired by an episode that marked the end of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s career. On January 3,1889, on the piazza Alberto in Turin, a weeping Nietzsche flung his arms around an exhausted and ill-treated carriage horse, then lost consciousness.….(more)

Cast: Volker Spengler, János Derzsi and Erika Bók.

Why is it on the list?: Master of the long take, this won’t be your standard biopic on Nietzsche – as the POV is shared with those who changed the philosopher’s life course. Rumor is that this would be Tarr’s last film.

Release Date/Status?: Cannes is the logical destination for this pic. Look for numerous invites from around the globe.

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Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).