71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance

1995 · 100 min · DE · NR · 7.0 (157 votes)
Dir. Michael Haneke · Starring Gabriel Cosmin Urdes, Lukas Miko, Otto Grünmandl, Anne Bennent, Udo Samel, Dorothee Hartinger
DramaCrime

71 scenes revolving around multiple Viennese residents who are by chance involved with a senseless gun slaughter on Christmas Eve.

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A mosaic of lives intersecting through inexplicable violence. It feels like watching strangers from a distance, their paths converging in a chilling, detached observation of urban chaos and the randomness of fate.

bleakunsettlingdetachedanxioussteadyarthouseobservationalensemble dramaEuropean cinemarandomnessfateurban alienationconsequence
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