71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
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The simultaneously random and interconnected nature of modern existence comes into harrowing focus in the despairing final installment of Michael Haneke’s trilogy. Seventy-one intricate, puzzlelike scenes survey the routines of a handful of seemingly unrelated people—including an undocumented Romanian boy living on the streets of Vienna, a couple who are desperate to adopt a child, and a college student on the edge—whose stories collide in a devastating encounter at a bank. The omnipresent drone of television news broadcasts in 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance underscores Haneke’s vision of a numb, dehumanizing world in which emotional estrangement can be punctured only by the shock of sudden violence.
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Cast
- Gabriel Cosmin Urdes
- Romanian boy
- Lukas Miko
- Max, the student
- Otto Grümandl
- Tomek, the old man
- Anne Bennent
- Inge Brunner
- Udo Samel
- Paul Brunner
- Branko Samarovski
- Hans
- Claudia Martini
- Maria
- Georg Friedrich
- Bernie, the soldier
- Alexander Pschill
- Hanno
- Klaus Händl
- Gerhard
- Corina Eder
- Anni
- Dorotheee Hartinger
- Kristina
Credits
- Director
- Michael Haneke
- Screenplay by
- Michael Haneke
- Producer
- Veit Heiduschka
- Producer
- Willi Segler
- Cinematography
- Christian Berger
- Sound
- Marc Parisotto
- Editing
- Marie Homolkova
- Set design
- Christoph Kanter
- Costumes
- Erika Navas
- Makeup
- Ilse Weisz-Stainer
- Assistant director
- Ramses Ramsauer
A scene from 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
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