71 Fragmente einer Chronologie des Zufalls (71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance) (1994)
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60% of critics liked it
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75% of users liked it
(2,406 ratings)
This cerebral Austrian mystery, by avant-garde director Michael Haneke, will disturb those viewers with the patience to wade through it. The film begins with a grisly mass killing. It was Christmas eve 1993 and a 19-year old student inexplicably murders several people and then kills himself. The… More This cerebral Austrian mystery, by avant-garde director Michael Haneke, will disturb those viewers with the patience to wade through it. The film begins with a grisly mass killing. It was Christmas eve 1993 and a 19-year old student inexplicably murders several people and then kills himself. The fragmented film flashes back to October 12 and then progresses toward the fateful night. Throughout the film many characters appear and suddenly reappear. A homeless teenaged Romanian exile roaming Vienna's streets and begging provides continuity. Each fragment begins with a newscast that functions as a surreal Greek Chorus One shows footage of the war in Sarajevo, and the other is a story about Michael Jackson. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Haneke
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Special Interest
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1994 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Michael Hanekes 1994 feature is an icy-cool study of violence both mediated and horribly real.
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Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
The film's Endsville, when we reach it, is almost an anticlimax, thanks to the masterfully orchestrated ensemble acting and the countless dramatic mini-explosions unleashed along the way.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
A panel in Michael Haneke's trilogy about gratuitous acts of vioelnce and their devastating effects.
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Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
Segues between its various pawns before coldly, cruelly sending them to their execution.
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Fernando F. Croce, Slant Magazine
Fans of the director's austerity will not want to miss the last entry in his feel-bad trilogy. Others may just want to skip straight to the Prozac.
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Cast
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Gabriel Cosmin Urdes
as Romanian Boy
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Lukas Miko
as Max
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Otto Grünmandl
as Tomek
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Anne Bennent
as Inge Brunner
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Udo Samel
as Paul Brunner
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Branko Samarovski
as Hans
