The Turin Horse (2011) – Filming Locations
Drama · Directed by Béla Tarr · Starring János Derzsi, Erika Bók
A look at the monotonous daily struggle of a father and daughter in a windswept, desolate landscape. Over six days, their routine of eating boiled potatoes and tending a failing horse crumbles, symbolizing a slow descent into darkness, emptiness, and the end of existence.
Where was The Turin Horse filmed?
- Turin, Italy, Turin – Opening sequence showing the city in decay and the philosopher's arrival. Turin's urban landscape serves as the bleak, deteriorating backdrop for the film's apocalyptic vision of civilization's collapse
- Esztergom, Hungary, Esztergom – The desolate rural landscape where the protagonist and his daughter retreat after Turin. Béla Tarr shot the majority of the film in the Hungarian countryside around Esztergom, emphasizing isolation and the relentless deterioration of the natural world
- Ságvári, Hungary, Ságvári – The isolated house where the protagonist and his daughter struggle for survival. The remote farmhouse location embodies the film's meditation on human solitude and the encroaching end of civilization