June 23, 2008
Very complex intertwining stories about life in modern society. Sort of like Crash, only for Adults.
Juliette Binoche, Thierry Neuvic, Josef Bierbichler
Jean, a farm lad, wants to escape his silent father; he runs to Paris to his older brother, Georges, who's away covering the war in Kosovo. Angry, he throws a bag of half-eaten pastry into a beggar's ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 6, 2002
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October 5, 2007My least favourite Haneke film, but still very good. A great description I've heard is "Crash for adults".
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March 7, 2009A modern masterpiece, though decidedly slow and alienating. Tough, but interesting. I love Juliette Binoche.
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December 20, 2008In an age of a borderless, new European economy, the volatile encounter of four people on an anonymous Parisian street underscores the underlying social disparity inherent in any increasingly multicultural, contemporary urban society. A brash, impatient young man named Jean (Alex...( read more)
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July 18, 2008Story fragments cleverly and skillfully unified with the theme of responsibility and alienation. A movie that requires you to think... I guess I would have enjoyed it more had I not been so tired while watching it!
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January 13, 2008Another thought provoking piece of cinema from one of my favorite director's.
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September 7, 2006
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
May 24, 2002
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Code Unknown gets at the ache and angst of the human condition in ways that shiver with telling detail and the machinations of real life. It's powerful. full review
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October 31, 2007Jean, a farm lad, wants to escape his silent father; he runs to Paris to his older brother, Georges, who's away covering the war in Kosovo. Angry, he throws a bag of half-eaten pastry into a beggar's lap. Amadou, a young Franco-African, berates him. The police arrive, arrest Amadou and deport the beggar. Georges's girlfriend Anne is upset; it colors her relationship with Georges when he returns from the war. Separate lives intersect for the one moment, around the pastry bag, and all are altered. We follow each as repercussions of the incident play out. Deaf children bookend the film pantomiming words, feelings, and situations: what they are expressing?
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