Even though it took Bela Tarr four years to make his eighth feature, The Man from London is a relatively small-scale affair compared to Satantango and Werckmeister Harmonies. The plot of this noir-tinged, black-and-white film concerns Maloin (Miroslav Krobot), a poor railway worker whose line picks up passengers at a French port. When a boat arrives from London one foggy night, a disembarking man is thrown into the murky sea along with his suitcase. A suitcase filled with stolen cash, as Maloin discovers. Despite this set-up, "the movie is really about a manner of looking at things, exploring space in unexpected ways, meditating on qualities of light and the surface of objects" (Nathan Lee, The New York Times). With Tilda Swinton. Co-directed and edited by Agnes Hranitzky. Nominated for the Golden Palm at Cannes. In French and English with English subtitles.

Bela Tarr---Hungary/France/Germany---2007---130 mins.

• Zeitgeist
• Release date: 01/10/2012
• Letterboxed