A powerfully graphic film (even though no violence is ever shown on the screen itself) about an Austrian family who goes on a country vacation and become the victims of two cold-blooded psychopaths who are out to torture them with their "funny games." Haneke's point, that fictional violence is as real as the real world's, is .. Read more
| Starring | Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Muhe, Frank Giering, Arno Frisch |
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| Director | Michael Haneke |
| Genres | Horror, Thriller, World Cinema |
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BFI London Film Festival gets underway Thursday, with opening gala Eastern Promises (which we'll be covering when it goes on general release next week). At this stage I've seen just over 30 of the films in the programme. That's a mere drop in the ocean in a festival of this size, but it's enough to be able to pass on a few tips, as well as the odd warning! first films to sell out are always the Galas, in part because less tickets are available to the general public (this is where the festival... Read more