"Michael Haneke’s Cannes winner is a meticulously executed drama of life in a German small-town ahead of World War I... While...
"Michael Haneke’s Cannes winner is a meticulously executed drama of life in a German small-town ahead of World War I... While Tarantino was busy romanticizing the downfall of German fascism, Michael Haneke set about exploring its roots, a masterful sociological drama that brought the Austrian filmmaker (who previously won Cannes’ Grand Jury Prize for The Piano Teacher and Best Director for Hidden) his long-overdue Palme d’Or. The setting is a rural German village during the year lead-up to World War I, where the local schoolteacher comes to believe that a rash of deadly accidents befalling the townsfolk may be the work of one or more of his eerily withdrawn, stoic pupils. (World Cinema Showcase 2010)
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- Award winner
- Palm d'Or (Best Film) winner at Cannes Film Festival, 2009. Best Foreign Film winner at the Golden Globes, 2010.
- Rating
- MA15+, for some disturbing content involving violence and sexuality
- Runtime
- 145
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- Germany, Austria, France, Italy