Haneke's greatest vision to date

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2011)

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Michael Haneke is a master of suspense - a director whose focus has lay solely on his power over his character and his audience. His past successes, of which there are many, have all probed a little deeper than the horror at their surface, and his name has been made not just by his signature direction but by his ambition also. The award-winning, Oscar- nominated White Ribbon showcases another string to his bow.
Eichwald is one of cinema's most haunting locales, and the events there carried out between July 1913 and August 1914 (in Haneke's world at least) are some of the most thought provoking and chilling cinematics of the director's illustrious career. The talent on display from both cast and crew make this film not just a must see but Haneke's greatest vision to date.