Austria,
1997, 109 min
(Alternative: 104 min)
Directed by:
Michael HanekeScreenplay:
Michael HanekeCinematography:
Jürgen JürgesCast:
Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Stefan Clapczynski, Doris Kunstmann, Wolfgang Glück, Christoph Bantzer, Susanne Meneghel (more)Plots(1)
A succession of games between victims and perpetrators - and between auteur and spectator - this film by Michael Haneke begins with Anna (Susanne Lothar), Georg (Ulrich Muehe), and their son Georgia play a guessing game en route to their lakeside vacation home. But a soporific rural escape rapidly turns into a home-invasion nightmare as Paul (Arno Frisch) and Petr (Frank Giering) break into their house, claiming to be neighbors' relative. The serial-killer duo inexplicably imprison this upper class Austrian family, irrationally switching from physical assaults to moments of emotional harassment and vicious psychological tortures. (official distributor synopsis)
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