Release Year - 2009
Country - Germany
Genres - Drama | Mystery
Country - Germany
Genres - Drama | Mystery
A German children's story - If real life were ever as cold, bleak and irredeemable as the fictional
realms depicted by The White Ribbon, it wouldn't be
worth living a day longer
"It Feels Like a Classic Even as You Are Watching It For The First Time" - Scott Foundas, LA Weekly
"Chilling and Resonant" - Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"A Tale of the Past That Points to the Future; A Picture That Will Be Viewed and Discussed for Decades to Come" - Xan Brooks, The Guardian
Synopsis : The drama darkly depicts society and family in a northern German village just before World War I. According to Haneke, the film is about "the origin of every type of terrorism, be it of political or religious nature."
The White Ribbon comes with a tagline 'A German children's
story'. It's one of the film's many ironies. For, unlike the innocence
and purity (words that come up twice in the film in a very disturbing
context) of childhood, the young ones in this seemingly idyllic setting
are anything but that. It all starts with the local doctor's horse
tripping over a wire that's deliberately planted in his path. A series
of bizarre accidents follow and the population of the village is unable
to unravel the mystery. The Baron who employs half of them and the
pastor who looks after their spiritual well-being are the two power
centres of the community -- both equally authoritarian in their own
realms. The Baron is hated for his selfishness, the icy pastor cuts a
sorry figure as a vicious tyrant who rules his own brood at home with a
iron whip. The doctor, the third important spoke in the wheel,
persecutes his mistress with savage indifference and sexually abuses his
teenage daughter.
These are the upholders of morality and tradition and the dispensers of
values. Is it any wonder that the generation that grew up under their
watch voted for Nazism and perhaps joined its ranks as well? Haneke
alludes to this link between this oppressive community and the emergence
of a totalitarian state in Germany as a reaction to the humiliating
defeat in the First World War. And then perhaps, he also uses this tale
about extremely aberrant behaviour set in a very 'normal' community to
suggest that every society on earth has the potential to morph into a
savage mass turning violent on innocents to avenge their own
degradation.
Awards
- Nominated for 2 Oscars including Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography
- Winner of Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival
- Winner of FIPRESCI Grand Prix for best film of the year
- Won three major prizes at the European Film Awards, for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenwriter
- Won the BBC Four World Cinema Award
Special Mention
- Rated by ~25k users on IMDb
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