Title · no scrobbles indexed yet
The White Ribbon is a 2009 German mystery drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke. Released in black-and-white, the film offers a dark depiction of society and family in a northern German village just before World War I. According to Haneke, The White Ribbon "is about the roots of evil. Whether it's religious or political terrorism, it's the same thing."
The first scrobble for this title is still propagating, but a community review is already indexed below.
Longform community posts about this title
Source The German city depicted in "The White Ribbon" at the beginning of the 20th century had a strict Protestant morality and a profound adult centralism. There, relations between children and adults, both in the public and private spheres, are full of sad passion. The adult world set purity and innocence as inherent ideals in the world of children and adolescents as an obligation justifying sanctions again…More
No comments yet — be the first.
*The White Ribbon*, released on September 17, 2009, is a black and white German-language drama film directed and written by Michael Haneke. The casts of the film are *Christian Fridel, Leonie Benesch, Ulrich Tukur, Burghart Klaussner, Ernst Jacobi* and many more. The film won European Film Award for Best Film, Best Screenwriter, Best Director in 2009, and Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2010. Su…More
The White Ribbon is a color-washed film that skirts issues of good and evil with black and white imagery adding symbolic depth to the tale. Set in Northern Germany just prior to World War I, we are set up from the outset by a narrator recalling events from many years prior...tying them to later events in Germany without ever fully explaining the connection he is making. The narrator's veiled connection is the first…More
It is kind of dangerous to have too much previous critique of a movie in the back of your mind when entering into a viewing, but in this case, it was hard not to have at least heard of the Cannes Palms and the critical superlatives practically across the board. So it was with considerable expectations, that I sat through "The White Ribbon". I´ll admit it up front... Haneke is one of my absolute favorite directors. F…More