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Happy End

2017 · 110 min

A cold, precise immersion into a wealthy family's quiet cruelties, demanding patience and rewarding it with unsettling moral unease.

Directed by: Michael Haneke
Genres: Drama
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz

Tagline: Don't believe the title of this Michael Haneke film.
Overview: A well-to-do French family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks and crises while paying little attention to the grim conditions in the refugee camps within a few miles of their home.

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Directed by: Michael Haneke
Genres: Drama
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
death
isolation
class
morality
Places: single country house
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	9
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Michael Haneke
Written by: Michael Haneke
Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Fantine Harduin, Franz Rogowski, Laura Verlinden, Toby Jones, Aurélia Petit
Cinematography: Christian Berger
Runtime: 110 min
Country: France, Germany, Austria
Languages: English, French

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