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Synopsis: In an undefined time, the environment has been totally destroyed and now the water is contaminated and the animals have been burned. Georges Laurent travels with her wife Anne Laurent, their teenage daughter Eva and their son Ben from the city to their cabin in the countryside. On the arrival, they find that intruders have broken in the house, and one stranger kills George. Anne, Eva and Ben wander through the village asking for shelter and supplies for their acquaintances, but they refuse to help them. They reach an abandoned barn and spend the night inside. On the next morning, they meet a teenage boy and they walk together to a train station, where they find other survivors. Together, they wait for the train expecting to go to a better place in the middle of the chaos.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Michael Haneke
Production: Palm Pictures
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
71
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
R
Year:
2003
114 min
Website
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Why don't you obey me?

I did come back, didn't I?

You have to do as you are told.

- Hah!

You won't hit me again.

Did you talk to him?

Can you spare a cigarette?

Sure. There.

I don't have may left

Don't worry. Apart from us, no one is smoking here.

Are you from the city?

- Isn't that obvious?

Which district?

- The 11th.

Are you here long?

- So, Just six days.

And the others?

- Some longer, some shorter.

Koslowski said, the last train pass ten days ago.

Did it stop?

Looks like it. Otherwise they would all still be here.

My name is Bea, but please call me "Be".

- I am Anna.

Do you want?

- Yes. Thank you.

Do you have anything you can swap?

- What?

It depends. I don't know what counts.

I have some jewellery.

The bike is quite good.

Keep it as long as possible,... and the lighter too.

- My watch?

Useless.

And you?

- Me?

I don't have a thing. That? Don't mention it.

Koslowski can be paid in other ways.

Do you think he is one of the "just"?

Pardon?

It's hard to realise, even if you are f***ing.

But he has complete control over all of us.

probably he is one of the "just".

At least it would be nice that way, wouldn't it?

What do you mean by "just"?

Once, I knew one...

My friend Manfred was one of them.

You can't simply tell from looking, that's the funny part.

There are 36 altogether.

Since the beginning there were 36. Always.

They guarantee our existence...

and that God protects us.

If only one of them is missing... everything will go.

Really?

- Yes.

I'm not sure with Koslowski.

But now I am almost positive...

Where do you want to get it?

What does a winch cost?

- It's up to you.

Please, excuse me.

Eva, what happened?

They can't stop the train because they can't move the wagons.

Listen. It's all quite simple.

If you want to leave here, we must force the train to stop.

If we used a roadblock it could derail.

Quiet! Listen to me!

We must move to wagons over to the right rail track.

So? What do you want to do? Everyone must contribute to this.

We cant use the winch outside, because it needs electricity to work.

I could try to get hold of a hand operated winch.

But you must understand that it will cost you.

Does everybody understand that?

Make up your minds. And don't blame me for wanting to help you.

Quite the contrary, Mr. Koslowski. We love you for your selflessness.

Why do you have to stir things up all the time, Madame Brandt?

Nobody did invite you. Nobody forces you to stay.

When does the next train come? What, when there are no trains any more?

What, when others stop the train before us?

Don't you touch me!

What if they don't take us, because we don't have anything to swap?

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Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke is an Austrian film director and screenwriter best known for films such as Funny Games, Caché, The White Ribbon and Amour. more…

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