The Man From London

The Man from London (Hungarian: A Londoni férfi) is a 2007 drama film by Hungarian director Béla Tarr. It is based on the 1934 French language novel L'Homme de Londres by prolific Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It was adapted by Tarr himself and his collaborator-friend László Krasznahorkai, and co-directed by editor Ágnes Hranitzky. It features an international ensemble cast including Czech actor Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, and Hungarian act... more

The Man from London (Hungarian: A Londoni férfi) is a 2007 drama film by Hungarian director Béla Tarr. It is based on the 1934 French language novel L'Homme de Londres by prolific Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It was adapted by Tarr himself and his collaborator-friend László Krasznahorkai, and co-directed by editor Ágnes Hranitzky. It features an international ensemble cast including Czech actor Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, and Hungarian actors János Derzsi and István Lénárt. The Man from London concerns a railway pointsman, Maloin (Miroslav Krobot) who lives in a decrepit apartment in a port town with his highly-strung wife Camélia (Tilda Swinton) and his daughter Henriette (Erika Bók). One night while in his viewing tower at the port's rail terminus, Maloin witnesses a fight on the dockside. One of the shady combatants is knocked into the water along with the briefcase he carries; the other flees the dark quayside. Further into the night, Maloin makes a clandestine descent from... less