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Michael (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Austria ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Markus Schleinzer

Written By:
Markus Schleinzer

Actors:
Michael Fuith ..... Michael
David Rauchenberger ..... Wolfgang
Christine Kain ..... Mother
Ursula Strauss ..... Sister
Victor Tremmel ..... Brother-in-law
Xaver Winkler ..... Nephew 1
Thomas Pfalzmann ..... Nephew 2
Gisella Salcher ..... Christa
Isolde Wagner ..... Bürokollegin 1
Markus Hochholdinger ..... Kollege Kantine
Susanne Rachler ..... Bürokollegin 2
David Oberkogler ..... Mag. Ehrnsberger
Katrin Thurm ..... Bürokollegin 3
Martin Schwehla ..... Bürokollege
Olivier Beaurepaire ..... Mann Begegnung Tierpark

Synopsis:

This acclaimed Austrian drama focuses on five months in the life of paedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement. A protégé of Michael Haneke, Markus Schleinzer's Michael is a triumph of uneasy cinema. With an unorthodox level of restraint, the director tells the story of a dull office drone who keeps a kidnapped young boy locked in his house. Despite its subversive edge, Michael successfully drains the shock out of a frightening premise and instead delivers a keen observational thriller. From its opening minutes, Michael reveals its alarming plot with a patient, naturalistic atmosphere.

For a setting so drab as to be practically featureless, the physical environment of 'Michael,' the Austrian filmmaker Markus Schleinzer's dispassionate portrait of a pedophile, registers more indelibly than in most movies. There is the title character's blocky white suburban home, which he keeps immaculately clean, its front gate locked and the shades drawn.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 29 July, 2012.

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