Description:A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.
1889. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the whipping of a horse while traveling in Turin, Italy. He tossed his arms around the horse's neck to protect it then collapsed to the ground. In less than one month, Nietzsche would be diagnosed withA rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.
1889. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the whipping of a horse while traveling in Turin, Italy. He tossed his arms around the horse's neck to protect it then collapsed to the ground. In less than one month, Nietzsche would be diagnosed with a serious mental illness that would make him bed-ridden and speechless for the next eleven years until his death. But whatever did happen to the horse? This film, which is Tarr's last, follows up this question in a fictionalized story of what occurred. The man who whipped the horse is a rural farmer who makes his living taking on carting jobs into the city with his horse-drawn cart. The horse is old and in very poor health, but does its best to obey its master's commands. The farmer and his daughter must come to the understanding that it will be unable to go on sustaining their livelihoods. The dying of the horse is the foundation of this tragic tale.... (more)(less)
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ah ;__; bleak and depressing... the use of lighting and length of shots worked really well in this film imo!! good kinda downer and quiet (minus the howling wind) film!!"
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Torinon hevosen käänteisen luomiskertomuksen ensimmäinen päivä on yksi raskaimmista elokuvakokemuksistani koskaan. Tuntuu kuin hahmot, mies, tytär ja hevonen, eläisivät aivan vereslihalla läpi raskaan arkensa. Erityismaininnan ansaitsee ensimmäinen ruokailukohtaus: milloinkaan ei syöminen ole tuntunut niin fyysiseltä, kouraisevalta, elintärkeältä. Kuuma peruna polttaa raihnaisen ukon näppejä ja suuta, mutta ilman sitä ei ole jokapäiväistä elämää, kaikessa raskaudes"
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