THE SEVENTH CONTINENT

THE SEVENTH CONTINENT (DER SIEBENTE KONTINENT), 1989
Austria | 35mm, Color, 104’ | German
Cast: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer

This first film of Haneke’s “Glaciation Trilogy” focuses on the mundane lives of Schobers, a middle-class family that assemble around the dinner table in silence, watch the television expressionlessly and engage in petty competitions.