Code Unknown
Code Inconnu, feature film, France, Austria, Romania, 2000
DIRECTED BY: Michael Haneke
CAST:
Juliette Binoche (Anne Laurent),
Thierry Neuvic (Georges),
Alexandre Hamidi (Jean),
Josef Bierbichler,
Maimouna Hélène Diarra (Aminate)
SCRIPT:
Michael Haneke
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Jürgen Jürges
MUSIC:
Giba Gonçalves
EDITING:
Karin Hartusch,
Nadine Muse,
Andreas Prochaska
Synopsis:
Jean, a teenager, is waiting for Anna in front of her apartment. He has problems with his father and wants to move into Anna’s place. However, she explains to him that there will not be any room for him once his older brother and Anna’s boyfriend, George, returns. George is a photographer on war assignment to Kosovo. An angry Jean attacks the homeless illegal immigrant, Maria. A young black professor, Amadou, tries to make Jean apologize to Marie, but Jean refuses. Soon, the police arrive, arrest Amadou, and deport the immigrant...
This is a complex drama shown on many international film festivals.
color, 118'