Der siebente Kontinent (The Seventh Continent)
1989
***½
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Udo Samel, Georg Friedrich
Michael Haneke's feature debut is a partly true story of an Austrian family who systematically abandon their secure but suffocating middle-class existence. This grim and uncompromising film is comprised of long slow takes. Powerful but very tough to watch.
