Temps du loup, Le (2003)

Regisseur:

Michael Haneke

Drehbuchautor:

Michael Haneke (writer)

Premierendatum:

8. Oktober 2003 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process.

Plot Keywords:

Young Boy | Environmental Catastrophe | Letter | Actual Animal Killed | Grave

Filmpreise:

1 win & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Dark and involving mood piece

Besetzung

Isabelle Huppert	...	Anne Laurent
Béatrice Dalle	...	Lise Brandt
Patrice Chéreau	...	Thomas Brandt
Rona Hartner	...	Arina
Maurice Bénichou	...	M. Azoulay
Olivier Gourmet	...	Koslowski
Brigitte Roüan	...	Béa
Lucas Biscombe	...	Ben
Hakim Taleb	...	Young runaway
Anaïs Demoustier	...	Eva
Serge Riaboukine	...	The leader
Marilyne Even	...	Mme Azoulay
Florence Loiret	...	Nathalie Azoulay (as Florence Loiret-Caille)
Branko Samarovski	...	Policeman
Daniel Duval	...	Georges Laurent

Alternativ:

The Time of the Wolf (UK)
Wolfzeit (Deutschland)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence, language and sexuality/nudity.

Länge:

France:113 Min (Cannes Film Festival) | Hong Kong:113 Min (Hong Kong International Film Festival) | Argentina:114 Min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | USA:114 Min

Produktionsland:

France | Österreich | Deutschland

Sprache:

Französisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby SR

Altersfreigabe:

Argentina:16 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Australia:MA

Drehorte:

Großmittel, Ebenfurth, Lower Austria, Austria

Firma:

Bavaria Film

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Dark and involving mood piece

Haneke's nightmare vision of a post-apocalyptic world is darkly atmospheric and beautifully photographed. True, there isn't much of a plot and the pace is slow. The film is primarily a mood piece, but a very good one. Unlike the usual end-of-the-world thriller, the characters aren't facing any ghoulish monsters other than each other. This approach lends a striking realism to the movie.

Some of Haneke's films -- especially "Funny Games" -- are marred by heavy-handed social commentary. Happily, this is not a problem in "Time of the Wolf." One can always read politics into any allegory, but it is quite unnecessary in this film. I neither know nor care whether Haneke had a specific political situation in mind; what matters is that the resulting movie stands on its own as an artistic achievement.

8/10. Recommended for fans of grim, moody films.