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LFF 2017: Happy End / Call Me By Your Name





Here's an LFF 2017 Euro-friendly special, featuring contributions from Austrian and Italian directors. Make the most of it because once we leave the EU, Michael Haneke films will be banned and we'll have to smuggle them in up our arseholes.


Happy End

dir. Michael Haneke, France / Austria / Germany, 2017


I don't know about you, but I like my Haneke to be like a trip to the dentist:

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