there is no supernatural horror in this film and yet i was scared as if a ghost is going to jump on me, ju-on style.
that is the genius of micheal haneke, amongst others.
while the children seems to be mysterious and aloof, often subjected to unreal expectations of adults around them, i find the adults in the film are the ones who are the hypocritical enforcer of morality. while they all try to control the seemingly ordered life that is spinning out of control very fast - the only certainty is this - bad things happened and they don't need any reason at all. perhaps it was a sign that a bigger chaos is coming - in the form of the first world war.
god save us all.
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