Michael
- 2011
- Austria
- 96 min
- 18
- Directed by: Markus Schleinzer
- Cast: Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain
- UK release: 2 March 2012
Michael (Fuith) is a 30-something office worker and kindly uncle who nevertheless keeps a 10-year-old boy (Rauchenberger) in a locked basement. Schleinzer will doubtless be pilloried for 'humanising' his protagonist, but this austere portrait of a sexual predator refuses easy options, conveying the true horror without a hint of sensationalism.
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Michael
28 Feb 2012
Challenging and non-sensationalist portrayal of a paedophile
(18) 96min Doubtless Austrian writer-director Markus Schleinzer, a former casting director for Michael Haneke, will be pilloried in some quarters for making a film which ‘humanizes’ its paedophile protagonist. Yet what makes this rigorously observed…
Profile: Markus Schleinzer - writer and director of Michael
17 Feb 2012
Debut film based on Madeleine McCann and Josef Fritzl cases
Born 8 November, 1971, Vienna Background Schleinzer has spent 17 years in the Austrian film industry as a casting director, working for filmmakers such as Michael Haneke (The Piano Teacher, The White Ribbon), Jessica Hausner (Lovely Rita…
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