The White Ribbon

Michael Haneke (Funny Games, The Piano Teacher & Caché) returns with this masterpiece to his native German language after a decade working abroad. The story set in a German village shortly before World War I where strange acts of violence are committed that turns the community apart because false suspicion and mutual distrust. Haneke as always explores with different kinds of evil, in this case the collective one that later would taint Germany but without cheap explanations that makes his work always absorbing and interesting. The title gives a clue to the roots of evil when the pastor punishes his children, he ties a white ribbon on their arms that reminds of yellow one the Jews had to wear years later. YRCinema's coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival.