20/01/2009

At the Palm Springs Film Festival (January 6-19) in the US, the FIPRESCI jury chose their favourite among the titles representing each country in the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nomination race. Götz Spielmann’s Austrian film Revanche [+see also:
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The jury praised the "suspense" and "moral complexity" of this Prisma production, which has already won numerous awards. The film recounts the tragic turn in the attempt made by two lovers to escape the depravity of Vienna’s red-light district, after a final robbery and the girl’s desire for revenge.

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Revanche is among the nine titles shortlisted for the Oscar.

(Translated from French)