Seventh Continent, The

Director: Michael Haneke
Year: 1989
Country: Austria
Language(s): German | French | English
Subtitles: Englsih
Length: 90 mins
Format: PAL
Colour: Colour
Aspect Ratio: 1.85: 1
Alternate Title: Der Siebente Kontinent

Synopsis

Addressing themes that would inform much of his later work - the breakdown of society, violence and the media - Haneke’s first theatrical feature is a disturbing portrait of familial disintegration which he describes as a depiction of his native Austria’s ‘progressive emotional glaciation’. Set over a three year period, it documents how the mundane day to day routines of a middle class family alienate them from the world and each other until, suddenly and shockingly, their lives self- destruct.