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Synopsis
A village in Protestant northern Germany. 1913-1914. On the eve of World War I. The story of the children and teenagers of a choir run by the village schoolteacher, and their families: the baron, the steward, the pastor, the doctor, the midwife, the tenant farmers. Strange accidents occur and gradually take on the character of a punishment ritual. Who is behind it all? The village schoolteacher observes, investigates and little by little discovers the incredible truth. Are we being asked to consider whether these events heralded something that would explode years later with the rise of Nazi Germany? Did these events contain the germs of the tragedies that followed?
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Film Information
- Genre: Drama, Mystery
- Director: Michael Haneke
- Written By: Michael Haneke
- Starring: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Tukur, Theo Trebs, and Michael Schenk
- Running Time: 144 minutes, approx.
- MPAA Rating: R for some disturbing content involving violence and sexuality
- Language: German
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Reviews
"It's a superb cinematic work and an appropriately serious one, given its subject matter and its intentions."
- Peter Brunette, The Hollywood Reporter
"A kind of mashup of "Our Town" and "Village of the Damned," the film is both draining and enthralling."
- Richard Corliss, Time
"Detailed yet oblique, leisurely but compelling, perfectly cast and irreproachably acted, the movie has a seductively novelistic texture complete with a less-than-omniscient narrator."
- J. Hoberman, Village Voice
"Haneke’s latest is essentially an inquiry into the roots of a certain kind of evil."
- Keith Phipps, The Onion (A.V. Club)
"Shot in spectacular black-and-white by cinematographer Christian Berger, and marvelously acted by a first-rate German ensemble, The White Ribbon captures a mood of thickening tension and mounting violence."
- Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
Showtimes
- Friday, March 12th
6:15 pm - Saturday, March 13th
3:15 pm, 6:15 pm - Sunday, March 14th
1:00 pm, 4:00 pm - Monday, March 15th
6:15 pm - Tuesday, March 16th
9:00 pm - Wednesday, March 17th
6:15 pm - Thursday, March 18th
6:15 pm