Directed by : Michael Haneke <br />Genre: Fiction - Runtime: 2 h 25 min <br />French release: 21/10/2009 <br />Production year: 2009 <br /><br />A village in Protestant northern Germany.<br /><br />1913/1914. On the eve of the First World War.<br /><br />The story of children and adolescents of a choir, directed by the village teacher, and their families: the baron, steward, minister, doctor, midwife, and farmers.<br /><br />Strange accidents occur and, little by little, take on the aspect of a punitive ritual. What is lurking behind these unsettling incidents?<br /><br />More info: http://en.unifrance.org/movie/29631/the-white-ribbon
