The Seventh Continent (1989) is Austrian director Michael Haneke's debut feature film and an assured debut at that. Handeke comes out of the gates with a foreboding tale of alienation in modern society. A seemingly normal family is depicted often their actions without seeing their faces in a deadening ritual bereft of joy as they go about their daily business. This disconnect between people and possessions underscores the alienation they are experiencing. These meaningless rituals continue until the family has made a decision to emigrate to a new life in Australia. The execution of the family's withdrawal from normal daily life is dark and sinister and calls to mind the tone of other Handeke classics such as Cache. It is a very mature and impressive debut from one of the contemporary masters of cinema.
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