From the liner notes

Hailed by critics as landmark cinema, Satantango transcends all genres, surpasses all styles. The story revolves around an abandoned agricultural collective, where a handful of lost and lonely characters eke out a living until a charismatic con man arrives to shake things up. However, the richness of the film comes from the director's singular vision. A master of melancholy, and a virtuoso of the long take and immaculate composition, he has been called "one of the most innovative and accomplished auteurs in filmmaking today"(MoMA). (Hungarian with English subtitles)