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Benny's Video

1992 · 110 min

A cold, clinical plunge into voyeurism and detachment, unsettling in its emotional flatness and disturbing in its quiet observation.

Overview
A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • media
  • isolation
  • family
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror6
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Michael Haneke
Written by
Michael Haneke
Starring
Arno Frisch, Angela Winkler, Ulrich Mühe, Stephanie Brehme, Stefan Polasek, Ingrid Stassner, Martin Schoendelin, Christian Pundy
Cinematography
Christian Berger
Runtime
110 min
Country
Austria, Switzerland
Languages
Arabic, English, French, German

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