Michael Haneke’s Palme d’Or-winning film darkly depicts society and family in a northern German village just before World War I. It tells the story of the children and teenagers of a choir run by the village schoolteacher, the doctor, the midwife, the tenant farmers. Strange accidents occcur and gradually take on the character of a punishment ritual. Who is behind it all?

Germany, Austria, France & Italy, 2009, 144min, German, Italian and Polish with English subtitles, directed by Michael Haneke

In 2019 CineClub investigates the relationship of Austrian cinema and genre. We continue in the spring with a closer look at Austrian historical period dramas from the silent era to current festival highlights.

Full Season:

CineConcert: Sodom and Gomorrah: The Legend of Sin and Punishment
Tuesday 2 April, 7pm, ACF London

Angelo
Thursday 11 April, 7pm, ACF London

Licht (Mademoiselle Paradis)
Thursday 16 May, 7pm, ACF London

Thursday 23 May, 7pm, ACF London

Amour Fou
Thursday 30 May, 7pm, ACF London