In Passage à l’Acte, Martin Arnold shows us a seemingly idyllic situation, but conveys a much more disturbing message, alluding to the marked hypocrisy of a certain world and showing us the characters almost as prisoners in a loop from which it seems impossible to escape. At the Cannes Film Festival 1993.
Despite the straightforwardness of the mise-en-scene, when watching James Ellroy: Demon Dog of American Crime Fiction one almost has the impression of being on a rollercoaster. Los Angeles is thousands of miles away, but, after watching this fascinating documentary by Reinhard Jud, we all almost feel as if we have known it forever. At the Viennale 2022, section Österreich real.
India is the story of a great friendship. Of a friendship which is so strong that it is able to overcome any adversity. Josef Hader and Alfred Dorfer, for their part, have accomplished an excellent script, perfectly combining comedy and tragedy, in a deep and never predictable reflection on life, death and the importance of interpersonal relationships.
Mother’s Day – Harald Sicheritz’s debut feature, which, alongside an often excessively fragmented plot, features an overall good characterisation of upper-class Austrian society – has become, over the years, a true cult within contemporary Austrian cinema.