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Chronicles three years of a middle-class family seemingly caught up in their daily routines, troubled only by minor incidents. Behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, however, they're planning something much more sinister.
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- Director
- Michael Haneke
- Written by
- Johanna Teicht, Michael Haneke
- Produced by
- Veit Heiduschka
- Cinematographer
- Anton Peschke
- Editor
- Marie Homolkova
- Sound Designer
- Karl Schlifelner
- Studio
- Wega Film
- Origin country
- Austria
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Language
- de
- TMDB
- 7.5/10 (358 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 67% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 89/100
- IMDb
- 7.6/10 (17,623 votes)
Released October 20, 1989·Der siebente Kontinent
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Keywords
austrianihilismmodernityfamily's daily lifematerialismboredomonly childmiddle classindustrial society misanthrophybased on true storydysfunctional familymass suicidedestructionfamilycar washaustrianquitting a jobmeaningless existenceoptometrist1980srepetitionpostmodernismbleakurban horrorself destructivenessurban malaisedaily routineösterreich
