7º – 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (Michael Haneke, 1994)
The work brings several fragments of the lives of different people, apparently not connected to each other, before a tragic event. Their routines and habits are uncluttered for the viewer, showing the substance of their existence. Everything here is exposed in a raw way and without the slightest concern to leave the film pleasant on the part of its director to the public. And this only leaves the experience of watching the most striking film. A film that proposes several questions to us, but that does not distribute any answer.
6º – The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke, 2009)
Taking shape in a small German village just before the outbreak of World War I, history shows the attempt by local residents to discover those responsible for strange and cruel acts. Directed by Michael Haneke, ‘The White Ribbon’ starts from an individualistic premise, sketching a figure of evil that is inserted in a single individual, for a collective point of view, terrifying, denouncing evil as something intrinsic to our origin. A great film, which, however, charges its spectator very psychologically.
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