Code Unknown

On a busy Paris boulevard a youth scornfully tosses a crumpled paper bag into the outstretched hands of a beggar woman. This is the bond which, for an instant, links several very different characters Anne (Binoche), an actress, her war photographer boyfriend George, his farmer father and younger brother Jean who country to his father's wishes has no interest in inheriting the farm. Amadou a music teacher for deaf mute children and his family who originate from Africa and Maria a Romanian immigrant. Written and directed by Michael Haneke. One of modern cinema's most distinctive and ambitious directors. Code Unknown is a complex film of powerful emotional force and a fascinating study of the subtle connections and barriers between people, social class, race, and the difficulty of communicating in the modern world.