Review of Caché (2005) by Tabris C — 02 Jun 2008
Translated as "Hidden" which very much of this film is, the quieting of secrets. A married couple from each other, parents from their children, children from their parents, friends from their peers, in the workplace, from the police, and most poignantly, the hidden faces of immigrants in white bourgeois France.
The past of Georges comes back to haunt him as he suspects a boy he tormented as a youth, Majid, is out for revenge. Haneke places this intrigue within the context of the Paris Massacre, where Majid's parents were disappeared, thus causing the catalyst of denial of opportunities Majid's son-- presumably the author of the surveillance footage-- has felt he has missed.
Haneke's moralization of France's hidden past is made contemporary with TV footage of non-white suffering in the background that no one notices. Overall a prescient film, somewhat noble, although the extent of speaking for hidden members of society as white bourgeois himself, Haneke hides the truth from himself.
This review of Caché (2005) was written by Tabris C on 02 Jun 2008.
Caché has generally received positive reviews.
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