Damnation (film)

Damnation
Directed by	Béla Tarr
Music by	Mihály Vig
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Hungary
Language	Hungarian

Damnation (Hungarian: Kárhozat) is a black-and-white 1988 Hungarian film directed by Béla Tarr. The screenplay was co-written by Tarr's frequent collaborator, László Krasznahorkai.

It is one of the favorite films of Susan Sontag.^[1]

Plot

Damnation tells the story of Karrer (Miklos B. Szekely), a depressed man in love with a married torch singer (Vali Kerekes) from a local bar, the Titanik. The singer broke off their affair, because she dreams of becoming famous. Karrer is offered smuggling work by Willarsky (Gyula Pauer), the bartender at the Titanik. Karrer offers the job to the singer's husband, Sebastyen (Győrgy Cserhalmi). This gets him out of the way, but things don't go as Karrer plans. Betrayals follow. Karrer despairs.

References

1. ^ http://www.cinemaparallel.com/damnationreviews.html

External links

• Damnation at the Internet Movie Database
• Damnation at AllRovi
• Damnation at Rotten Tomatoes
• Jonathan Rosenbaum review