Synopsis
A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the film's five characters together. Set in Paris, France, Anne is an actress whose boyfriend Georges photographs the war in Kosovo. Georges' brother, Jean, is looking for the entry code to Georges' apartment. These characters' lives interconnect with a Romanian immigrant and a deaf teacher.
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Cast
- Juliette BinocheAnne Laurent
- Thierry NeuvicGeorges
- Josef BierbichlerBauer
- Alexandre HamidiJean
- Maimouna Hélène DiarraAminate
- Ona Lu YenkeAmadou
- Djibril KouyatéThe Father
- Luminița GheorghiuMaria
- Crenguța HaritonIrina
- Bob NicolescuDragos
Recommendations
- 100
Philadelphia Inquirer
One of the finest pieces of screen acting in the career of Juliette Binoche -- the actress playing the actress in this extraordinary film. - 90
Los Angeles Times
Haneke illuminates beautifully the lives of his people with an eye for the revealing nuance and detail. - 90
L.A. Weekly
The kind of art film that's rarely seen anymore -- the kind that trusts the audience to be as intelligent as the director. - 80
The New York Times
Haneke, who wrote and directed, is a skillful, minutely observant filmmaker who trusts his audience to be able to put two and two together. Unfortunately, he's often too cryptic, which leaves viewers still trying to make connections when they should already be reacting to the moral lessons implied by them. - 75
New York Post
The thing that makes Haneke’s Code Unknown so enjoyable and effective is that that he says it in such a wonderfully restrained and light-handed yet suspenseful way. - 75
New York Daily News
For those who've become increasingly conscious of the connections between strangers sharing a city, it's a challenge that's hard to resist. - 70
Chicago Reader
I couldn't always keep up with what was happening, but I was never bored, and the questions raised reflect the mysteries of everyday life. - 70
Village Voice
Code Unknown is Haneke's most expansive and, oddly, hopeful work -- not a gaze into the void, but a fierce attempt to scramble out of it.
