The Man from London is a 2007 film by Hungarian director Béla Tarr. It is an adaptation by Tarr and his collaborator-friend László Krasznahorkai of the 1934 French language novel L'Homme de Londres by prolific Belgian writer Georges Simenon. The film was co-directed by editor Ágnes Hranitzky, and features an international ensemble cast including Czech actor Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, and Hungarian actors János Derzsi and István Lénárt.
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- The Man from London is a 2007 film by Hungarian director Béla Tarr. It is an adaptation by Tarr and his collaborator-friend László Krasznahorkai of the 1934 French language novel L'Homme de Londres by prolific Belgian writer Georges Simenon. The film was co-directed by editor Ágnes Hranitzky, and features an international ensemble cast including Czech actor Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, and Hungarian actors János Derzsi and István Lénárt. The plot follows Maloin, a nondescript railway worker who recovers a briefcase containing a significant amount of money from the scene of a murder to which he is the only witness. Wracked by guilt and fear of being discovered, Maloin sinks into despondence and frustration, which leads to acrimony in his household. Meanwhile, an English police detective investigates the disappearance of the money and the unscrupulous characters connected to the crime. The French, German and Hungarian co-production of the film was fraught with difficulty and obstacles. The first of these was the suicide in February 2005, days before shooting was due to begin, of the film's French producer, Humbert Balsan. As the original financing of the film collapsed, the remaining producers managed to secure stop-gap funding which allowed them to shoot nine days of footage on the expensive Corsican sets, until they were shut down through legal action by the local subcontractor. After many expressions of support from European film organisations, production companies and government bodies, a new co-production contract was signed in July 2005 with a revised budget and shooting schedule. It then emerged that all rights to the film had been ceded to a French bank under the original production agreement, and only after further changes in the film's backers was a deal struck with the bank to allow shooting to resume in March 2006, over a year later than had been originally envisaged. The Man from London was the first of Tarr's films to premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, but despite being highly anticipated, it won no prize. The French distributor blamed this on poor dubbing and a late showing, though the press were put off by the film's extended shots and leaden pace. After being re-dubbed, it was shown on the international film festival circuit. The critical reception to the film was divided; though reviewers spoke in glowing terms of the formidable cinematography and meticulous composition, they denounced the film's lack of compelling plot or characters and the tedium and alienation of the viewing experience. Though the director's preceding films, Sátántangó (1994) and Werckmeister Harmonies (2000), had been acclaimed as masterpieces, critics concurred that The Man from London fell short. Variety reviewer Derek Elley commented that the film was unlikely to reconcile the division between viewers of Tarr's films who find the director to be "either a visionary genius or a crashing bore".
- 『倫敦から来た男』（原題：Template:Lang）は、2007年のハンガリー・フランス・ドイツ合作映画。
- Dixième long métrage de Béla Tarr, L'Homme de Londres (A londoni férfi) est aussi la troisième adaptation d'un roman de Georges Simenon. Le projet de ce film tourné à Bastia aura duré quatre ans (2003-2007) en raison de graves difficultés de production. Outre des acteurs européens, Béla Tarr a travaillé avec des collaborateurs réguliers, comme sa compagne Ágnes Hranitzky (co-réalisation et montage), László Krasznahorkai (scénario) et Mihály Víg (musique). Le style de la réalisation, proche de ses trois derniers longs métrages, s'appuie notamment sur de lents plan-séquences, un noir et blanc contrasté et une partition musicale marquée par un ou deux leitmotiv.
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- A shadowy figure stands at the window of an illuminated hexagonal viewing tower with a ladder in front for access. The surroundings are darkened with the exception of dimly lit multi-storey buildings in the background. Above the tower in capital letters the title of the film, THE MAN FROM LONDON, appears accompanied by a note reading "In Competition Festival du Cannes 2007" with the festival's logo on either side. At the foot of the poster, below the tower, the film's production credits are superimposed.
and below it is listed the production credits.
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- Gábor Téni
- Miriam Zachar
- Joachim von Vietinghoff
- Paul Saadoun
- Juliusz Kossakowski
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- So this is where we are at this moment. The agreement with Ognon and Coficiné has been concluded, the signed contract has been submitted to the court in Paris and we shall soon start shooting the film which is now relieved from the burden of the past.
We sincerely hope that the descent to hell and the humiliation is over, finally we can switch off the light in the projection hall, and we can see what it was all about after all.
Because what is made ready from this shooting of half an hour or so is something that makes all of us burst with pride!
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- 『倫敦から来た男』（原題：Template:Lang）は、2007年のハンガリー・フランス・ドイツ合作映画。
- The Man from London is a 2007 film by Hungarian director Béla Tarr. It is an adaptation by Tarr and his collaborator-friend László Krasznahorkai of the 1934 French language novel L'Homme de Londres by prolific Belgian writer Georges Simenon. The film was co-directed by editor Ágnes Hranitzky, and features an international ensemble cast including Czech actor Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, and Hungarian actors János Derzsi and István Lénárt.
- Dixième long métrage de Béla Tarr, L'Homme de Londres (A londoni férfi) est aussi la troisième adaptation d'un roman de Georges Simenon. Le projet de ce film tourné à Bastia aura duré quatre ans (2003-2007) en raison de graves difficultés de production. Outre des acteurs européens, Béla Tarr a travaillé avec des collaborateurs réguliers, comme sa compagne Ágnes Hranitzky (co-réalisation et montage), László Krasznahorkai (scénario) et Mihály Víg (musique).
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- 倫敦から来た男
- The Man from London
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