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Benny's Video (1992)

★ 6.9 · 389 ratings on TMDB
Benny's Video poster★ 6.9

A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.

DirectorMichael Haneke
CastAngela Winkler, Arno Frisch, Christian Pundy, Ingrid Stassner, Martin Schoendelin, Max Berner
GenresCrime, Drama
The emergence reading

Benny's Video keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing media, violence, family, alienation.

zero-distanceATmediaviolencefamilyalienation
Also inFilms about family
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