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BENNY'S VIDEO

Directed by Michael Haneke

Austria, Switzerland, 1992

Drama, Crime

110

Synopsis

Benny at 14: a middle-class adolescence, absent parents most of the time, an effective void blurred in the world of video. The pictures he feeds on are overshadowing his sense of reality. Soon after, Benny loses his mind and kills a girl while filming the murder with his video camera.

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Synopsis

Benny at 14: a middle-class adolescence, absent parents most of the time, an effective void blurred in the world of video. The pictures he feeds on are overshadowing his sense of reality. Soon after, Benny loses his mind and kills a girl while filming the murder with his video camera.

Benny's VideoDirected byMichael Haneke

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