The Seventh Continent (1989)

Original title

Der siebente Kontinent

Directed by

Michael Haneke

Genre

drama film

Country

Austria

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

16

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 366 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Austrian couple and their young daughter live a quiet middle-class life over three years. They gradually plan and carry out a dark act of destruction.

bleakslow-burnunsettlingcoldmethodicalclaustrophobicdisturbingminimalist

What happens

The Seventh Continent (German: Der siebente Kontinent) is a 1989 Austrian psychological drama film directed by Michael Haneke. It is Haneke's debut feature film. The film chronicles three years in the life of an Austrian family, which consists of Georg, an engineer; his wife Anna, an optometrist; and their young daughter, Eva. They lead a seemingly routine urban middle-class life, but are actually planning something sinister. The film was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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