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Code Unknown
GERMANY · 2000

Code Unknown

Michael Haneke
urban alienation immigrant experience communication barriers interconnected lives moral ambiguity
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Synopsis

A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for the entry code to Georges' apartment. These characters' lives interconnect with a Romanian immigrant and a deaf teacher.

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Code Unknown really had an impact on me. The structural elements of that film, how you come back to characters, the idea of having different chapters of people’s lives and being dropped into their day, that film did it in such an amazing way. And it’s a Haneke film, so there's obviously a lot of tension and a great deal of discomfort... We try to achieve a little bit of that.
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