To fill the void of his middle class existence, 14 year old Benny immerses himself in the world of home video recordings, and becomes increasingly distant from his family and the world around him. After inviting a girl to his house, events take a nasty turn when he re-enacts a scene from one of his favourite videos - the slaughtering of a pig.
With the critical and box-office success of Hidden and the remake of his classic Funny Games, Michael Haneke has established himself as a leading director on the world's stage. Making films that are as shocking as they are intelligent, Haneke's controversial journeys into the dark places within our media-saturated society continue to be unique and unparalleled.
