The bourgeois complacency of a Parisian family is severely tested when surreptitiously recorded videos of their lives begin arriving anonymously to their well-appointed home. Anne (Juliette Binoche) senses Georges (Daniel Auteuil) is concealing something, though he denies knowledge of the provenance of the tapes. As the surveillance grows more sinister, George is prompted to reconnect with Majid (Maurice Bénichou), a long-forgotten childhood friend who may, or may not, be the source of the recordings. Gradually, the footage on the tapes becomes more personal, bringing a sense of menace to George and his family, but, as no direct threat has been made, the police refuse to help. Michael Haneke’s ambiguous, claustrophobic nightmare fuses George’s repressed memories with the guilt and shame of a nation.

Notes by David O’Mahony.

Tickets for the 18.10 screening on Monday 23rd will be €10.40 for IFI & Alliance Française members.

See more Haneke films as part of Complicit: The Films of Michael Haneke.