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A village in experiences bizarre punishment rituals before WWI.
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In a village in Protestant northern , on the eve of World War I, the children of a church and school run by the village schoolteacher and their families experience a series of bizarre incidents that inexplicably assume the characteristics of a punishment ritual. Who could be responsible for such bizarre transgressions?
"The director and screenwriter Michael Haneke builds an atmosphere of tension and suspense while examining the beginnings of the feelings that would lead the Germans to Nazism. The black and white photography further contributes to this atmosphere, in a work that won the Palme d'Or in 2009."