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László Krasznahorkai has 5 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2010s. 2 rank in the Top 10%, led by Satantango.
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Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.
Dir. Béla Tarr · With Mihály Víg, Putyi Horváth, Székely B. Miklós

A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.
Dir. Béla Tarr · With Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla

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.
Dir. Béla Tarr · With János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos

Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existence of the Titanik Bar and its beautiful, haunting singer. But the lady is married and Karrer is determined to keep her husband away...
Dir. Béla Tarr · With Székely B. Miklós, György Cserhalmi, Vali Kerekes

A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.
Dir. Béla Tarr · With Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, János Derzsi
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