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71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance

1995 · 100 min

A cold, clinical mosaic of disconnected lives drifting toward sudden violence, watched with mounting dread and detachment.

Overview
71 scenes revolving around multiple Viennese residents who are by chance involved with a senseless gun slaughter on Christmas Eve.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • isolation
  • violence
  • fate
  • loneliness
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Michael Haneke
Written by
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Starring
Gabriel Cosmin Urdes, Lukas Miko, Otto Grünmandl, Anne Bennent, Udo Samel, Dorothee Hartinger, Branko Samarovski, Claudia Martini
Cinematography
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Runtime
100 min
Country
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Languages
German, Romanian

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