Béla Tarr was one of the greatest auteurs of contemporary cinema, capable of redefining the language of film through radical works beloved by cinephiles worldwide.
Born in Pécs in 1955, he began with realistic and social films, then moved on to a unique style marked by very long sequence plans, expressive use of black and white and a dilated rhythm capable of giving time a unique connotation. Over the years he developed a contemplative and metaphysical cinema, often in collaboration with the writer László Krasznahorkai, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2025.
The Underground Chapel in collaboration with the Trieste Film Festival presents at the Cinema Ariston a selection of the director’s masterpieces, distributed by Movies Inspired:
Tuesday, April 07, 7 p.m. – the screening will be preceded by a live recording of Blow Out, the podcast of la Cappella Underground, dedicated to the work of Béla Tarr. With Marco Catenacci, Francesco Ruzzier and guest Nicoletta Romeo, artistic director of the Trieste Film Festival.
to follow at 8:30 p.m. – Perdition, noir melodrama against the backdrop of the communist collapse;
Tuesday, April 14, 8:30 p.m. – Werckmeister’s Harmonies, an allegorical parable about the blindness of the masses;
Saturday, April 18, 10:30 a.m. – Sátántangó, monumental seven-and-a-half-hour reflection on the failure of a community
Tuesday, April 21, 8:30 p.m. – The Turin Horse, an extreme parable about the misery of existence and apocalypse, inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche.
All screenings are in original language with Italian subtitles.
Through the partnership with LongTake, viewers will also be able to access exclusive training content for free via the dedicated webinar.
All info at: https://www.lacappellaunderground.org/archives/il-tempo-della-fine-il-cinema-di-bela-tarr/
