Michael

Markus Schleinzer

IndieLisboa 2012 •

Austria, Fiction, 2011, 96'′

In a house, in Austria, a man lives apparently by himself. This is the idea he wishes to give to his neighbours, work colleagues and family. However, secretly he mantains a hostage in his basement ‚ a ten year old child, with whom he has a sexual relationship he wishes to make affectionate. A disturbing film that catches our attention immediately by the smart and subtle way in which it transfers into fiction one of the most controversial and current news that come to us about pedophilia. (Catarina Cabral)