Code Unknown

Code Unknown

2000 · 118 min · FR · 6.7 (293 votes)
Dir. Michael Haneke · Starring Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler, Alexandre Hamidi, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Ona Lu Yenke · Music Giba Gonçalves

“Love has a language all its own.”

Drama

A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for the entry code to Georges' apartment. These characters' lives interconnect with a Romanian immigrant and a deaf teacher.

VIBE

A fragmented, yet deeply humanistic portrait of lives adrift in a vast city. It captures the quiet desperation and fleeting connections that define existence on the margins, leaving a lingering sense of empathy.

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