While father and son are rigging up their freshly overhauled sailing boat, Anna prepares supper. Suddenly, Georgie appears in the hallway and tells Anna that there is a stranger at the front door. Peter, a young and evidently well-bred guest of their neighbors, is standing at the door asking Anna for a few eggs. Anna willingly complies with the request. However, Peter's initially polite attitude soon grows inexplicably belligerent and contemptuous. He is later joined by Paul, a pert and insolent young man, who begins to harshly patronize Anna. Taken aback by their audacity, Anna demands them both to leave at once, but they do not - nor do they have any intention to. When Georg returns home, a violent altercation erupts which results in the family becoming the unwilling participants for Paul and Peter's ''funny games''.
We regret that little overseas info is available. German with English subtitles.
106 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Violence)
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Drama, Thriller, On the Art Circuit
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mülhe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Stefan Clapczynski, Doris Kunstmann |
Director |
Michael Haneke |
Screenplay | Michael Haneke |
Music | Pietro Mascagni, John Zorn |
Sound formats | Dolby |
Made in | 1997 |
Produced by | Wega Film |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus Derek Wilson | 5 | |
The Star Samantha Smith | 16 | |
Rapport Barrie Hough | 18 | |
TV2 Leon at the Movies Leon van Nierop | 16 | |
Film Review Helen van Kruyssen | 20 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 116 Netizens | 15 | |
Average .. 75% | 15 |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
José Carvalho | 20 | |
Gerhardt Mare | 18 | |
Average .. 95% | 19 |