CLASSE DE MAÎTRE ULRICH SEIDL

Forget Austria of the bucolic pastures and snowy Alps. Ulrich Seidl films his fellow countrymen in unsparing close-up, turning his viewers into voyeurs. Through Seidl’s prying eyes, the Austrians seem an odd bunch indeed, prey to obscure obsessions. Examining the most shameful recesses of the psyche of a world in decline, the director reveals the emotional void of his subjects, men and women whose behaviour often slips into deviancy. Continually blurring the boundaries between reality and...