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Best movie ever!

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

This is a slow-burner of a film if ever I saw one and, clocking in at just under two and a half hours, it's amazing that I actually want to watch more. It's a tiring watch; we see the lives of many villagers unfold on screen and many of the narratives are actually left open-ended. The film basically ends where it began - there is no tying up of loose ends. Our characters are just merely shaken up by the events that have occurred to them, although I'm sure all of that is about to be eclipsed and forgotten by the incoming World War. Some people may watch it and think to themselves afterwards 'what was the point?' But there's meaning in this movie. A helluva lot of it. And I think, rather than have me transcribe it all to you, you might wanna watch the film and unearth it yourself.

I enjoyed The White Ribbon because I wasn't spoon fed the answers to the crimes committed in the small village. By the end of film, I assumed the children were pure evil. Also I like the children because they reminded me of the kids from the Children of the Corn.The movie is a told from the perspective of the school teacher. So everything seen is questionable. Why don't the adults have names? Did the kids use a trip wire to hurt the doctor? Did they beat the mid-wife's mentally disabled son?Everything is open to your interpretation.The black and white film lets the actors shine through. The focus is on the actors and not the beautiful scenery.One of my favorite moments is the awkward encounter between the school teacher and Eva. The scene breaks up the tension of the film with humor. Leonie Benesch, the actor who played Eva, was great. The range of emotions she displayed throughout the film was amazing. The first time the teacher meets Eva, she is bashful. When Eva was fired by the baroness, her face and posture conveys sadness. Happiness is displayed when she dances with the teacher. I wish she had more screen time.

a film about the roots of evil. precise. fascinating. using the terror in a special manner. a village. and few crimes. the children's faces. the adults ambiguity. and the tension like a fog. a film who reminds Ingmar Bergman's universe but who propose a different perspective about the angry who change, step by step, the life of a community for remind the truth about it. an useful parable about the evil who grow up in the middle of serenity. and a splendid film in which each scene becomes key for define the every day reality. a parable. not original but useful. because it is picture of fury who seems be part of accidents in ordinary place. and who becomes the rule.

Michael Haneke spent more than ten years on this production, which explains why every little detail about this movie is right. From the first frame on this movie grips you with its bare-bones style and unbearable silence. There's no music, long stretches without dialogue, most scenes only use natural lighting so the screen often goes black, but none of that is needed to generate an intensely powerful suspense. This is mostly due to the excellent child actors, who put in very effective performances. You feel sorry for them, but at the same time they're very ominous. Haneke's message seems to be that suppression only leads to more suppression, a scary basic idea that makes for a very frightening film. Rightful winner of the Palm d'Or, and I'm pretty sure it only got snubbed for the Best Foreign Film Oscar because several judges later admitted to never even having seen the movie.