The Seventh Continent
Chronicles three years of a middle class family seemingly caught up in their daily routines, only troubled by minor incidents. Behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence however, they are actually planning something sinister.
- Year: 1989
- Country: Austria
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Wega Film
- Keyword: nihilism, boredom, modernity, family's daily life, materialism, based on true story, middle class, dysfunctional family, industrial society , misanthrophy, mass suicide, destruction, car wash, quitting a job, meaningless existence, optometrist, 1980s, postmodernism, bleak, urban horror, self destructiveness, urban malaise, daily routine
- Director: Michael Haneke
- Cast: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer, Silvia Fenz, Robert Dietl, Georg Friedrich