Code Unknown

Director: Michael Haneke

2000 / 117min / 35mm

A hostile encounter on the streets of Paris sends ripples running through the various vignettes that comprise Haneke’s first French-language film, a study in simmering rage, racial inequality, migrant displacement, and failures of communication that’s comprised of cool, unblinking, masterfully choreographed long takes, and features an impressive ensemble cast led by Juliette Binoche. “A searing, structurally ingenious look at racial tension on the streets of Paris… The film’s internal logic is often staggering in its power, a perfect match of form and subject.”—The AV Club

Part of Visionary Auteurs: Five Decades of mk2