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Language. German. The Seventh Continent (German: Der siebente Kontinent) is a 1989 Austrian drama film directed by Michael Haneke. It is Haneke's debut feature film. The film chronicles three years in the life of an Austrian family, which consists of Georg, an engineer; his wife Anna, an optometrist; and their young daughter, Eva.
Oct 9, 1992 · A family's plan to move to Australia hides a dark secret in this 1989 film by Michael Haneke. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, and more.
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- 1992-10-09
Sep 26, 2018 · A critical analysis of Michael Haneke's debut film, The Seventh Continent, which depicts the emptiness and alienation of a bourgeois family in Austria. The film explores the themes of isolation, boredom, violence and emigration through a series of mundane and shocking scenes.
The day-to-day routines of a seemingly ordinary Austrian family begin to take on a sinister complexion in Michael Haneke's chilling portrait of bourgeois anomie giving way to shocking...
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- Michael Haneke
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- Birgit Doll
A 1989 Austrian drama about a family's descent into violence and self-destruction, inspired by a true story. The film explores the themes of consumer culture, alienation and media influence in Haneke's distinctive style.
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The 7th Continent 1989 1h 51m Drama List Reviews Three members (Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer) of a middle-class and alienated family prepare to kill themselves.
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Feb 8, 2005 · The Seventh Continent seems postmodern in one element of its narrative, viz., its “ripped from today’s headlines” story of a family that opts for collective suicide rather than continue to “live” within the constricting, anti-humane monstrousness of everyday bourgeois society.
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