The Turin House at GFT

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Saturday 17 and Wednesday 21 August, 2024

Taking its cue from Nietsche’s famous encounter with a mistreated horse on Via Carlo Alberto, The Turin Horse depicts the aftermath of this seemingly innocuous but destructively profound confrontation. Following a man and his daughter in their daily routine, a bizarre series of disturbing events slowly begin to strip life of its very essence resulting in a terrifying, all-consuming finale.

Raw, compelling and emotionally devastating, Béla Tarr’s final film is a daringly original and searingly vivid work of artistically precise, philosophically rigorous filmmaking that has left audiences the world over gasping for breath. This work is also committed to Tarr’s ‘remodernist cinema’ that seeks to capture the rhythm of life in real time and to raise a sharp awareness of the moment.

Screening as part of Will Heaven Fall Upon Us? A Béla Tarr Retrospective.

Hungarian and German with English subtitles.

YEAR OF CELEBRATION
2024 marks 85 years since our cinema (originally the Cosmo) was built, 50 years since GFT was founded and the 20th edition of Glasgow Film Festival.

Whilst GFT’s box office and bar sales only cover around 50% of our annual costs and help keep the film reels rolling, they rely on donations and fundraising to run our education and community activities. They need your help!

Celebrate 50 years of GFT by donating £50 at checkout. A £50 donation also secures your seat at a special January screening. Find out more or donate at glasgowfilm.org/donate. Your contribution matters.

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