Der siebente Kontinent (1989)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.9/10   

Director:

Michael Haneke

Escritores:

Michael Haneke (writer)
Johanna Teicht (script)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

14 abril 1993 (France)

Género:

Drama

Plot:

Georg and his wife Anna realize how monotonous and isolated their life is when their daughter Eva, in a desperate attempt to get attention...

Plot Keywords:

Australia | Part Of Trilogy | Chainsaw | Father Daughter Relationship | 1980s

Premios:

2 wins

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Emotionally shattering real-life horror

Reparto

Birgit Doll	...	Anna
Dieter Berner	...	Georg
Leni Tanzer	...	Eva
Udo Samel	...	Alexander
Silvia Fenz	...	Costumer at the optician's
Robert Dietl
Elisabeth Rath	...	Lehrerin
Georges Kern
Georg Friedrich	...	Störungsdienst der Post

También conocida como:

The Seventh Continent

Duración:

104 min

País:

Austria

Idioma:

Alemán | Francés | Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Finland:K-15 (2006) | Australia:MA (2007) | New Zealand:R18 | UK:18

Compañía:

Wega Film

Trivialidades:

First part of Michael Haneke's "Glaciation Trilogy" also including Benny's Video (1992) and 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls (1994).

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in 24 Wirklichkeiten in der Sekunde (2005)

Banda de Sonido:

The Power of Love

Emotionally shattering real-life horror

A powerful, disturbing film, shot in a highly idiosyncratic style. Michael Haneke's dissection of Austrian alienation is astonishingly effective. The style is, for the first part of the film, full of such close-ups that we don't see the characters' faces for nearly half an hour, but we share with them their view of the breakfast cereals, shoes and shopping. It should be boring, but is instead gripping, a quiet build-up to the prosaic horrors to come.

It is hard to comment without revealing some of these horrors, but the overall effect is shattering, tolerable only because Haneke avoids any real involvement with the characters and their motivations. With hindsight this is a weakness, and I reached the end of the film with the feeling 'what was that all about?'. But it is a film to reflect on, unlike any other that I have seen. Don't miss it - unless you are feeling depressed!