Professional couple Georges (Auteuil) and Anne (Binoche) appear to have it all, but when they start to receive secretly filmed footage of their movements as well as disturbing drawings, their cooling relationship and comfortable life begin to unravel. Dreams help Georges make links with a half-forgotten past, yet why won’t he share his thoughts with his wife?

Haneke’s masterful treatment of paranoia and his cartel building of suspense sets this film apart as a modern thriller, in which the director explores his two favourite themes of middle-class liberal guilt and the voyeurism of video.

“This is a film that has made many audience members feel uncomfortable about their allegiances within the film and beyond a film not just about a couple discovering they don’t know each other but also about the denial and guilt mixed into the foundations of western prosperity“. Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian.

“He doesn’t play by traditional thriller rules, leaving audiences to work out whodunnit from a clue discreetly buried in the final shot. Even if you don’t spot it, you’ll come away satisfied. And possibly shaking”. Matthew Leyland, BBCi Film Reviews.

“This is a movie that takes one back to the glory days of art-house films in the 1960s and 70s, when you left the cinema not in need of food and drink, but a sympathetic person to discuss the film with“. Philip French, The Guardian.