Hidden (Caché) [15]

2005 France, Austria, Germany, Italy

Dir. Michael Haneke

“It’s the duty of art to ask questions, not to provide answers. And if you want a clearer answer, I’ll have to pass.”

So said Michael Haneke, the director whose extraordinary filmography is being released in a major retrospective from Curzon.

Caché, the second of our screenings from the collection, is set in France. Georges is a TV literary reviewer and lives in a small yet modern town house with his wife Anne, a publisher, and his young son Pierrot. They begin to receive video tapes through the post of their house and family, alongside obscure child-like drawings. They visit the police with hope of aid to find the stalker, but as there is no direct threat, they refuse to help. As the tapes become more personal, Georges takes it upon himself to figure out who is putting through his family through such horror.

A true Michael Haneke Classic. Winner at Cannes and many other festivals in 2005/6.

Tickets £5 (£1 child/student) available on the door or in advance from the Buxton Opera House box-office