Benny’s Video

Date
Hour
Place
03/08
12:00
THE LUBELSKIE CINEMA


Benny’s Video
reż|dir Michael Haneke | AT, CH | 1992 | 105 min
prod|pro Veit Heiduschka, Bernard Lang scen|wr Michael Haneke zdj|ph Christian Berger mon|ed Marie Homolkova ob|cast Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Mühe, Ingrid Stassner dys|dis Films du Losagne

DESCRIPTION

One of the most shocking films by Michael Haneke. Benny is a teenager who comes from a well-off family, and greatly enjoys recording the reality around him on VHS tapes. He lives in a dark room, where his videos pile up, and gradually loses contact with the outside world. When a new acquaintance comes to visit, things take a sudden turn. Haneke observes how morality and empathy shape up and fade in a world dominated by images, including those of violence. Arno Frisch, who plays Benny, several years later starred in Funny Games by the same director.


AWARDS
1993 The European Film Awards — FIPRESCI Award, nominated for Best Film
1992 Viennale — Vienna Film Prize

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Projekt i realizacja: Tomasz Żewłakow