‘The Turin Horse’ director Bela Tarr passes away at 70: ‘An outstanding director and a personality with a strong political voice’

The film world mourns the monumental loss of Béla Tarr, a Hungarian auteur whose slow-cinema style reshaped narrative cinema in groundbreaking works such as 'The Turin Horse' and 'Satantango'. Departing at the age of 70 after a courageous fight with illness, Tarr's early roots in Hungary blossomed into international recognition, making him a beacon of artistic storytelling.

‘The Turin Horse’ director Bela Tarr passes away at 70: ‘An outstanding director and a personality with a strong political voice’
The film world mourns the monumental loss of Béla Tarr, a Hungarian auteur whose slow-cinema style reshaped narrative cinema in groundbreaking works such as 'The Turin Horse' and 'Satantango'. Departing at the age of 70 after a courageous fight with illness, Tarr's early roots in Hungary blossomed into international recognition, making him a beacon of artistic storytelling.