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The White Ribbon|Susanne Lothar

The White Ribbon

Susanne Lothar and Ulrich Tukur
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Overview

Controversy-courting director Michael Haneke (CACHÉ) earned the Palm d’Or at Cannes in 2009 for this arresting drama set just before World War I. In a small German village, a number of unexplained accidents beset the schoolchildren and their parents. Though they at first appear coincidental, it begins to seem that they are not, in fact, accidents at all.

Awards:

Main Cast & Crew:
Michael Haneke - Director
Burghart Klau ner
Eddy Grahl
Enno Trebs
Fion Mutert
Gabriela Maria Schmeide
Janina Fautz
Johanna Busse
Leonard Proxauf
Levin Henning
Maria-Victoria Dragus

Details

    DVD Format
  • Format: DVD (Black & White, Widescreen)
  • Run Time: 144
  • Color Format: B&W
  • UPC: 043396343535
  • Genre: FOREIGN FILM [DUB OR SUBTITLE]
  • Rating: R (MPAA)
  • Release Date: June 2010

Movie Reviews

Reviews:
"[T]ense, provocative and unnerving....[The film] could be considered a culmination of this difficult director's brilliant career." - 12/30/2009 Los Angeles Times


"Shot in vivid black and white, the movie is like VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED directed by Ingmar Bergman..." -- Grade: B- - 01/08/2010 Entertainment Weekly


"[Haneke] uses the sharp elegance of Christian Berger's monochrome cinematography, the grammatical precision of old-fashioned speech and the pageantry of period drama to lull and also to inflame the audience's expectations." - 12/30/2009 New York Times


"Shot with dry discipline in striking black and white, the deliberately paced, consistently unnerving film invites viewers into every corner of its town..." -- Grade: A - 12/30/2009 A.V. Club


"THE WHITE ROOM is an artful examination of a small town and small-mindedness and the potential for full-blown, large-scale evil." - 01/07/2010 USA Today


"[S]evere and eerily beautiful....Mr. Haneke's film is accessible, though its pace is deliberate and its affect muted." - 01/08/2010 Wall Street Journal


3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Shot in stunning black-and-white by the gifted Christian Berger, THE WHITE RIBBON is a toxic blossom of images that burn into your memory..." - 01/21/2010 Rolling Stone


"Everything about the film's masterfully executed aesthetic suggests harmony, order, the absence of extremes, exquisite deliberation...director Michael Haneke teases dread and uncertainty from classical form." - 12/31/2009 Movieline


4 stars out of 4 -- "The film is visually masterful....THE WHITE RIBBON tells a simple story in a village about little people and suggests that we must find a balance between fear and security." - 01/13/2010 Chicago Sun-Times


4 stars out of 5 -- "Its lack of resolution is one reason the movie lingers, along with its stunning cinematography and unsettling performances, particularly from the children at the movie's heart." - 11/30/2009 Uncut

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