A Guide to the Icy, Confrontational Cinema of Michael Haneke
Michael Haneke's films explore the unsettling relationship between human behavior and societal malaise, revealing deep themes of violence and emotional pain.
On the other side of the Atlantic, powerful players in this industry are hostile to the French cultural exception. One could worry about the alignment of this agenda with that of the new American administration, but I'm not worried.
A young man's homecoming sets off erotic shockwaves in this unsettling French thriller
Misericordia explores complex human emotions and relationships, highlighting latent desires through its main character's interactions in a small village.