The Seventh Continent
A brilliant film, but deeply disturbing.
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Michael Haneke
Films
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The Seventh Continent
Described by Michael Haneke as a reflection on "the progressive emotional glaciation of Austria" (and the first part of Haneke's "Glaciation Trilogy"), THE SEVENTH CONTINENT focuses on George (Dieter Berner), a middling engineer and his sardonic wife Anna (Birgit Doll). Unable to empathize with their...Start your free trial to watch
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Benny's Video
Accustomed to a trite routine of school activities, daily visits to a local video store and hours in front of his bedroom television, Benny finds himself enthralled by his tape of a slaughtered swine. Staying alone in his parents' apartment, Benny eventually brings home an unknown girl, immediately exposing her to the...Start your free trial to watch
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71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
In 71 FRAGMENTS, clips of TV news segments on warfare in the former Yugoslavia alternate between stories of urban disconnection. And while continuing to approach filmmaking from an anti-psychological perspective, Michael Haneke assembles a unified work from snippets of narrative, such as Inge (Anne...Start your free trial to watch
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The Castle
A land surveyor identified simply as K is summoned to a remote mountain village by the local government, known as (and housed in) "the castle." Unable to convince underlings of the legitimacy of his position, he tries to take his case to castle officials. But the more K struggles to gain entrance, the more obstructive the...Start your free trial to watch
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Funny Games
A succession of sadistic games between victims and perpetrators (and between auteur and spectator) FUNNY GAMES opens with an aerial shot of an SUV maneuvering through an idyllic landscape. Inside the vehicle, Anna (Susanne Lothar, THE PIANO TEACHER), Georg (Ulrich Mühe, THE LIVES OF OTHERS) and their son Georgie play a...Start your free trial to watch
Genres
- International / European / Austrian
- International / European / Austrian
- International / European / Austrian
- International / European / Austrian
- International / European / Austrian
- Comedy / Black Comedy
- Suspense / Psychological / Compulsion
- Drama / Dysfunctional Family
- Crime / Transgression / Home Invasion
- Drama / Melodrama
- Drama / Melodrama
- Drama / Melodrama
- Drama / Political
- Drama / Portmanteau
- Adaptation / Literary / Prose
- Suspense / Psychological
- Crime / Criminal / Sociopath/Supervillain
- Drama / Tragedy
Recent Reviews
Funny Games
What will horrify you most about this film is it could happen to anybody, even you. How could you deny a clean-cut, innocent looking guy and close friend of your...
Benny's Video
Michael Haneke hates you. He hates you so very much that he takes the most sensitive part of your existence, your love for your child, and cruelly twists multiple knives...
Funny Games
Possibly the most terrifying film I have ever seen. Relentless, disturbing and disturbed. It had the psychological effect on this viewer which can only be likened to stripping off several...
The Castle
A very interesting Film. I definitely want to see it a second time. Very engaging.