"The White Ribbon": LA Times Critics' Choice Award from Betsy Sharkey:
We don't go to Michael Haneke films for comfort, but to gaze through a glass darkly. That vision -- tense, provocative and unnerving -- is on full display in "The White Ribbon," which could be considered a culmination of this difficult director's brilliant career. Set in an ordinary German village on the eve of World War I, the film looks at the children who would survive that war and grow into the generation that would bend to Hitler's sway. History hovers over "White Ribbon" with the force of impending doom. These children will inherit this world of sin and sorrow and the consequences will be catastrophic. Whatever responsibility we might feel for future generations after seeing a cautionary tale like this one, well that's just one of the questions Haneke leaves us to figure out. Read Sharkey's full review of "The White Ribbon" title at the LA Times
The White Ribbon An undercurrent of malice runs through a German village, as a series of misfortunes plagues its citizens in the year before the outbreak of World War I.
Opened December 30, 2009 Runtime:2 hr. 24 min.
Rated R
Cast: Christian Friedel, Ernst Jacobi, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur, Ursina Lardi, Fion Mutert, Michael Kranz, Burghart Klaußner, Steffi Kühnert, Maria-Victoria Dragus, Leonard Preoxauf, Levin Henning, Johanna Busse, Yuma Amecke, Thibault Sérié, Josef Bierbichler, Gabriela Maria Schmeide, Janina Fautz, Enno Trebs, Theo Trebs, Rainer Bock, Susanne Lothar, Roxane Duran, Miljan Chatelain, Eddy Grahl, Branko Samarovski
Director: Michael Haneke
Genres: Period Film, Drama
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