The meticulous, methodical craft of Michael Haneke's emotionally rigid drama is quite frankly remarkable. Filmed in real time, Code Unknown is a cavalcade of prolonged and unbroken takes, only ever interrupted with a change of character perspective arrives. It is both an intoxicating and jarring experience which deeply rewards throughout. Unearthing bold intellectual probes into the human condition and the various psychological elements that cause problems in our personal lives and relationships, Haneke takes a step further and examines our impacts on the broader sociological spheres too. Juliette Binoche is immaculate as Anne; she offers a bespoke and naked performance that places her insecurities and weaknesses in a bathing light. One of the many static sequences involves her ironing clothes as she listens to a couple engage in a fearsome argument next door. The delicacy of the direction and the humanity in her performance truly makes something so mundane feel deeply horrifying.
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Film Studies degree graduate from the University of Brighton.
