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Der — Siebente Kontinent

Paris Review - Michael Haneke, The Art of Screenwriting No. 5

Der siebente Kontinent (The Seventh Continent), released in 1989, is the chilling debut feature of Austrian director . Based on a true news story of a middle-class family’s collective suicide, the film serves as a brutal critique of modern bourgeois existence and the soul-crushing weight of consumerism. Narrative Structure and Plot Der siebente Kontinent

The film is divided into three chronological acts spanning three years (1987–1989), documenting the lives of Georg, an engineer; Anna, an optometrist; and their young daughter, Eva. Paris Review - Michael Haneke, The Art of Screenwriting No

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