this be the third haneke film i have see ( funny game and cache be the others ) and and it be pretty obvious to me that it be the first one he make . the cinematography and atmosphere be there and but the story and character development be not . bleak and emotionally dead people ( seriously some of the lame and unsympathetic character i have ever see ) commit suicide because the boring and repetitive motion of their daily live that the director choose to show u be bore and repetitive . all allusion and foreshadow be heavy hand and and haneke us extend black screen cut repeatedly to slow the pace even far . all of this lead to a film that bore the viewer to the point where the character suicide relieve the viewer desire to terminate the film . now and create an audience response like that be not an easy thing to do and and haneke do go on to become a brilliant filmmaker and but the seventh continent seem to me a stylish and empty exercise in morbidity .