Benny's Video (1992)

Director:   Michael Haneke
Writer:      Michael Haneke
Language: German

Its Michael Haneke's second feature film after "The Seventh Continent'. Its about a teenage boy Benny who likes to watch violent videos and filming with his video camera. His parents are well off and his sister lives in a different part of the town. As with most Haneke films its a modern Bourgeoisie family. Benny inadvertently(?) kills a girl he picks up from the video store and later on he lets his parents know about it. The rest of the film shows how they deal with the situation. I thought the ending was slightly a let down but despite that its a brilliant but depressing film.

Rating: 4/5