Here’s a second international trailer for The White Ribbon. Austrian writer/director Michael Haneke (Funny Games, The Pianist, Caché) takes audiences to a small German village on the eve of World War I. A teacher and his students are at the center of things as they gravitate towards unspoken violent acts within their small community while the film contemplates the forms of fascism and terrorism that stem from Protestant devotion to discipline, obedience and punishment. All in all, a tale of violence and cruelty surreptitiously emerging in a society. The White Ribbon won this year’s Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Sony Pictures Classics will open The White Ribbon in Los Angeles and New York City on December 30th before expanding to other cities.
