The Seventh Continent

The Seventh Continent

1989 · 107 min · DE · 7.5 (376 votes)
Dir. Michael Haneke · Starring Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Silvia Fenz, Robert Dietl, Georg Friedrich
Drama

Chronicles three years of a middle-class family seemingly caught up in their daily routines, troubled only by minor incidents. Behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, however, they're planning something much more sinister.

VIBE

A chillingly detached observation of modern life's emptiness. It feels like watching a meticulously crafted, slow-motion implosion of a family unit, devoid of overt emotion but heavy with unspoken dread and existential ennui.

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