a with all haneke film and make your own decision do not be sway by what you read and if you be interested in someone use the medium of film for their own unique end and see it yourself . isabelle huppert be stun in this film combine with haneke and these two never pull their punch . haneke reel u in with the lure of golden boy and benoit magimel and but this be an anti romance as much a funny game be an anti thriller . you will have to force yourself to watch much of it and the catharsis be much more in the range of sustained anxiety than any kind of emotional release but it incredibly nervy and think provoke while haneke continue to hold up a mirror to how desensitised western civilization be or have become . people may turn their nose up at this but it only take what solondz do in happiness a few step far . while ground in reality and much of what erika ( huppert ) do can be view a emotional metaphor . i be not recommend it but i wouldn not dissuade you either . it definitely divide people but give it largely about repression that no surprise .