michael haneke season

The Seventh Continent / Der Siebente Kontinent

Austria | 1989 | col | 108 mins | dir. Michael Haneke, with Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner

Smothered by the trappings of bourgeois comfort and a deadening daily routine, the Schober family lead lives of quiet desperation. Their joyless detachment from the outside world and from one another drives them to commit a horrifying act that is no less senseless for seeming inevitable.

Sat 1 Mar | 8.45pm | cert. 18 | TB3