Monday, July 11, 2011

Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages (Code Unknown: Incomplete tales of several journeys) (2000)

Director:   Michael Haneke
Writer:      Michael Haneke
Language: French
The film set in Paris shows the lives of three chief protagonists after they are linked by a single event  in the film's beginning. Many films have been made this way lately but Haneke's effort is the best I have seen so far. Amores Perros is another one which came out the same year as this film in 2000. Juliette Bincohe is excellent in her role as an actress in the film.

The film deals with city life anger, immigrant issues, racial issues etc. There are three main protagonists and film consists of several long takes with hardly any music used. The last 30 or so minutes of the film is particularly excellent. Another great thing about the film is at its 110 minutes running time Haneke has managed to tell so much while other films like Babel and Amores Perros have running times close to 150 minutes. I think it will be even better on my next watch as I suspect that there will be many things I missed.

Rating: 5/5

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