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Funny Games US

Michael HANEKE
With Cast Crime & Thriller 2007 111 min United States, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, United Kingdom
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Synopsis

A reflection on violence in the media through a haunting thriller

George, Ann and their son Georgie go on a vacation at their lake house, where their neighbor introduces them to two young men, Paul and Peter, only to discover that Paul and Peter are psychopaths with sadistic ideas and a twisted agenda

Cast/Avec

  • Naomi Watts
  • Tim Roth
  • Michael Pitt
  • Brady Corbet

Screenplay

  • Michael Haneke

Cinematographer

  • Darius Khondji

Production

  • Celluloid Dreams
  • Warner Independent Pictures
  • Halcyon Pictures
  • Tartan Films
  • X-Filme Creative Pool
  • Lucky Red
  • Kinematograf
  • Belladonna Productions
  • Serenity Film
  • Wega Film 

Screenings

Friday 07 March 2025 16:00
Lieux : Ciné Utopia
Audio : English
Subtitles : French
Screening : Public Screening
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Michael HANEKE

Michael HANEKE
Michael HANEKE

Michael Haneke is an Austrian film director and screenwriter. He has made films in German but also in French and English. His work often examines societal violence, social issues, consumerism and misfits.
He went on to win the Cannes Film Festival’s Grand Prix for The Piano Teacher (2001) as well as its Palme d’Or twice, for The White Ribbon (2009) and Amour (2012), the latter of which received five Academy Award nominations and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He also directed Funny Games in Austria in 1997 and its 2007 international remake, which premiered at Sundance.
He also teaches film direction at the Film Academy Vienna.

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Filmography

  • Happy End 2017
  • Amour 2012
  • The White Ribbon 2009
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