Benny's Video
Subtitled, Foreign languageAbout Benny's Video
In the second of Haneke’s Glaciation Trilogy, Benny is a teenage boy whose dependence on screen images and mediated reality leads him to a violent encounter with a young girl he meets at a video store. In the aftermath, Benny’s disconnect from reality – particularly his inability to distinguish between real and on-screen violence – is mirrored by his parents’ lack of empathy.
The screening includes a live introduction from film academic Dr Sabina Stent.
Screening as part of Complicit: A Michael Haneke Retrospective.
Booking info
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Duration includes trailers, adverts and any Q&A/panel. For events such as NT Live, Colour Box and Reel & Meal there will be minimal advertising. We do not admit latecomers after the main feature has started and we have a limited food & drink policy.
MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.
