The White Ribbon

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Michael Haneke in a black tuxedo holding the Palme d'Or trophy and a rolled certificate at the Cannes Film Festival award ceremony, with palm trees in the background.

The White Ribbon

film by Haneke [2009]

Also known as: “Das weisse Band”

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Michael Haneke
…in Das weisse Band (2009; The White Ribbon), which depicts a series of inscrutable cruelties and mishaps within a northern German village shortly before World War I. The film, shown in austere black and white, captured the Palme d’Or at Cannes and earned Academy Award nominations in the categories of…
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…in Das weisse Band (2009; The White Ribbon), which depicts a series of inscrutable cruelties and mishaps within a northern German village shortly before World War I. The film, shown in austere black and white, captured the Palme d’Or at Cannes and earned Academy Award nominations in the categories of…
Read More