Hidden Blu-ray

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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Writerdirector Michael Haneke delivers a masterpiece of unsettlement with Hidden (Cache) Life seems perfect for Georges (Daniel Auteuil) & Anne (Juliette Binoche) a bourgeois Parisian couple who live in a comfortable home with their adolescent son Pierrot (Lester Makedonsky) But when an anonymous videotape turns up on their doorstep showing their house under surveillance from across the street their calm life begins to spiral out of control Subsequent videotapes arrive accompanied by mysterious drawings & gradually Georges becomes convinced that he&s being tormented by a figure from his past But when he confronts him the man assures Georges he is innocent A growing sense of guilt begins to rise in Georges as he recalls his less-than-angelic childhood yet for some reason he&s unable to be completely honest with Anne Soon their happy home is an emotional battleground leading to a climax that is breathtaking in its ferocity & ambiguousness Though Haneke&s film works first & foremost as an insidious thriller it is also a powerful commentary on the urban paranoia & racism that continue to permeate modern society Without using a score & keeping his camera detached & static Haneke nonetheless establishes a nearly unbearable level of tension Not for the squeamish Hidden remains a work of menacing brilliance & was the winner of the Best Director award at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival Actors Daniel Auteuil Juliette Binoche Maurice Benichou Annie Girardot Bernard Le Coq Walid Afkir Lester Makedonsky Daniel Duval Nathalie Richard Denis Podalydes Aissa Maiga Caroline Baehr Christian Benedetti & Philippe Besson Director Michael Haneke Certificate 15 years & over Year 2005 Screen Widescreen Languages French
- Dolby Digital (20) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 49 minutes (approx)