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Der siebente Kontinent (1989)
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14 April 1993 (France)
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Georg and his wife Anna realize how monotonous and isolated their life is when their daughter Eva, in a desperate attempt to get attention...
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Emotionally shattering real-life horror
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(Credited cast) | 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 |
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The Seventh Continent
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104 min
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First part of Michael Haneke's "Glaciation Trilogy" also including Benny's Video (1992) and 71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls (1994).
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Referenced in 24 Wirklichkeiten in der Sekunde (2005)
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Send Me Roses
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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!