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The White Ribbon
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“Haneke's trademark sociopolitical critique is now turned toward history, in a stunningly photographed and deliberately paced film.” – Hollywood Reporter
“Immaculately crafted in beautiful black-and-white and entirely absorbing.” –Variety
The White Ribbon / Das weiße band
Michael Haneke, 2009, Germany/Austria/France/Italy, 144m
Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, director Michael Haneke’s masterful drama about the seeds of fascism unfolds in a rural German village in the year leading up to World War I, as a local schoolteacher (excellent newcomer Christian Friedel) comes to believe that a rash of deadly accidents may be the work of one or more of his eerily withdrawn, stoic pupils. The ribbon of the title, a symbol of innocence and purity, is one that Haneke gradually unravels as the teacher hones in on a ritualistic cycle of domination, submission and humiliation churning beneath the town’s placid Protestant surface. Shot in austerely beautiful black-and-white and featuring a sprawling cast of characters reminiscent of a 19th century novel, The White Ribbon marks Haneke’s most ambitious—and unsettling—investigation yet into society’s hidden violence and the evils transmitted from parents to children.
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Michael Haneke in conversation with Darren Aronofsky
Paris-based Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke (The White Ribbon, NYFF09 selection and Palme d’Or winner at Cannes) is a peerless artist-provocateur who has never met a situation of bourgeois stasis he didn’t want to explode. Haneke will share his thoughts on filmmaking as well as his often chilling world view that has made him one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary cinema. More Info & Tickets
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