THE WHITE RIBBON

Written and directed by Michael Haneke

Christian Friedel
Ernst Jacobi
Leonie Benesch
Ulrich Tukur
Maria-Victoria Dragus
Leonard Proxauf

Premiere date: May 21, 2009 (Cannes Film Festival)
R for some disturbing content involving violence and sexuality.

In a village in Protestant northern Germany, on the eve of World War I, the children of a church and school run by the village schoolteacher and their families experience a series of bizarre incidents that inexplicably assume the characteristics of a punishment ritual. Who could be responsible for such bizarre transgressions?

Cannes Film Festival

Palme d'Or

FIPRESCI Prize

Cinema Prize of the French National Education System