Funny Games Page #4

Synopsis: Two seemingly well-educated young men, who call each other Paul and Peter among other names, approach a family on vacation. They are, apparently, friends of the neighbors, and, at the beginning, their true intentions are not known, but soon, the family is imprisoned and tortured in its own house violently, which the viewers are forced mostly to imagine and to share a certain complicity with the criminals. It might be some kind of game with the lives of husband, wife, son, and dog, but why are they doing it?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Michael Haneke
Production: Attitude Films
  4 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
NOT RATED
Year:
1997
108 min
4,566 Views


Please!

You only have to say to her,

"Get undressed."

I beg you!

"Get undressed, my darling."

Get undressed.

"Get undressed, my darling."

Get undressed, my darling.

Well done.

What did I say? Not an ounce of flab.

Now, let's get dressed again.

Fatty, can you take the little piggy?

He isn't quite potty-trained.

Go and clean him up.

- Let the child go!

- I won't do anything to him.

Will you sit down, please?

I'd advise you not to kick me.

I hope you won't be

too bored with these two.

Pour a pan of water over his head.

But make sure you don't ruin the carpet.

No, no, of course that was a joke.

I have to retake Latin in the autumn.

If I pass it, then things will get moving.

I'll study commercial law.

But before that there's military service.

Does it hurt a lot?

Why don't you kill us right away?

Don't forget the entertainment value.

We'd all be deprived of our pleasure.

Sorry about your leg.

But it's your fault, if I might say so.

Why did you smack Paul?

For me, begging for the eggs

to no avail was very unpleasant.

Humiliating, actually.

I don't know if you realize that.

It's just not worth it,

all this charade, for a box of eggs.

They should still be there.

You should have trusted

what your wife said.

She really begged you just

to let us leave with the eggs.

Naturally one's always wiser

after the event.

Ah! There they are!

One of them is cracked.

It's not bad, what these boxes withstand.

When you think-

Why are you doing that?

How stupid do you think I am?

I don't understand. You're really

forcing me to treat you badly.

Jesus! That's it! You've done it now!

And Paul even said

we should take care of the carpet!

Please, let us go!

You're so young still!

You have all your life before you!

Nothing's happened yet!

We'll say...

that Georg broke his leg in the boat.

- Everyone'll believe it, and -

- Please stop.

Why are you humiliating yourself?

It's just as unpleasant for me as for you.

Georgie?

Where are you?

Georgie!

I'm coming!

Hold on,

I'll put on some music for us.

Don't come any closer!

The trigger!

You have to prime the trigger!

And you need to pull it too!

Tralee trala, here we are!

Mommy!

Hello, my darling!

Is everything okay?

They've -

They've killed Sissi!

- Hi, Beavis!

- Hi, Butt-Head!

- Everything under control?

- Looks like it.

May I?

Please. Sure.

You must wonder, Captain,

where this lovely rifle comes from.

Or does it seem familiar?

Haven't you ever been hunting with Fred?

Do you know, your little darling

just tried to kill me with it?

Scarcely believable, but it's the truth,

and nothing but the truth.

Isn't that right, Georgie?

What do you say, Tom?

Dreadful.

What's the time?

Just after 11:
00.

We should start thinking about our bet,

don't you think?

Actually we ought to be grateful

to Georgie for helping us.

One for Beavis,

one for Butt-Head.

A, B, BOO and out go you!

You're not leaving at this stage.

First you'll have to say your age.

Well?

She doesn't want to play.

Well, how old do you think she is?

No flab...

So I'd say,

let's be generous,

let's say 35.

Agreed?

She agrees.

Who are you going to start counting with?

Her?

And now I'm going to

get myself something to eat.

One, two, three,

four, five, six, seven...

Can I get anyone anything?

You're an idiot, Fatty.

You don't shoot the person you've

counted out, but the one that's left over!

What's wrong with you?

- He tried to escape!

- So what?

That's no reason

to get trigger-happy.

Have you no sense of timing?

What's the time?

Just before 12:
00.

Sh*t.

We'll get nothing from the others now.

- Let's get out of here.

- Fine.

Thanks so much for the driver.

I'll put it back in the bag, okay?

Thanks.

So, have a good evening!

Good-bye!

Bye!

They've gone.

Do you hear? They've gone!

I'll get a knife.

Come on.

Calm down now.

Take deep breaths.

Come on, darling.

Calm down now.

Calm yourself.

Calm yourself.

That's it. Take some deep breaths.

We've got to get out of here.

What if they come back?

Do you think you can walk

if I support you?

I'll try.

What's wrong with your arm?

Shall I try and make a splint for it?

Then I can hold you better.

No, it's okay. Come on.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Okay?

No! Anna!

No!

They've locked the door.

We must use the window.

I can't.

Georg!

- Please!

- I can't manage it.

You go.

It's crazy wasting so much time.

Run for it. Please!

Climb out of the kitchen window.

Try to get as far as the inn, or...

If we're locked in here,

the gate will be shut too.

That's true.

Take a pair of pliers and cut the fence.

But careful on the road.

Maybe they're waiting out there.

Where are the pliers?

I don't know.

Here, in the kitchen.

No,

down at the boat shed.

I can't leave you alone here.

Go now, please!

Put some clothes on.

And shoes too, so you can run.

Hold on, the bag's still here.

Down there.

I'll hide down in the wine cellar.

The key must be in the door.

I'll shut myself in

and wait for you to come back.

How will you get down there?

I'll manage.

Go now! Please!

The mobile! It's working again!

What?

It's working!

It's obviously dried out.

- So get on the phone!

- Who to?

Anyone! The police!

What's their number?

No idea.

Call my mother...

Your father-

No, wait...

Call Peter, he's at home,

I know, he wanted to -

Press four and then hit speed-dial.

It's not ringing.

Let me listen.

But there is a signal!

Some of the contacts

are probably still damp.

Nothing.

Get the hair dryer.

Maybe it'll help.

Can you pass me the chair?

It won't work.

Leave it, come on.

Maybe it's permanently broken.

Get going!

We're wasting far too much time.

Let me do it.

Go on!

Pull me over there on the chair.

I think it'll be easier than walking.

Thanks.

And now, run!

Please, forgive me!

It -

I love you!

Run, please!

Help!

Peter? It's Georg!

Can you hear me?

I can barely hear you!

Listen, if you can hear me,

send the police over to our

lake house, right away!

Hello?

Sh*t!

Peter! Can you hear me?

Stop!

Missed!

Morning, Captain.

Morning.

They'll be there any minute.

We'll have to hurry then.

Right, Beavis?

Why don't you believe me?

- How old did we say? 37?

- 35.

Good that the battery

charger's in the car!

- If it's her age, you must start with her.

- Why?

- The battery was okay.

- That's the rules.

Okay, I'll start with her.

Yes, I know.

It's time you had another idea.

The lady tried that trick before.

Count faster, Beavis.

Do you think we have no imagination?

Without risk, you can't have a bet,

that's obvious, Captain.

You must have a chance too.

The wind blows where it wishes.

That's the joy of sailing, don't you think?

Right then!

...thirty-four, thirty-five!

Don't make the same mistake again.

It's the one that's left who's turn it is,

not the one who's counted out.

Hang on.

I can see a new toy.

I assume we owe this to the lady?

This will make things a bit more amusing.

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Michael Haneke

Michael Haneke is an Austrian film director and screenwriter best known for films such as Funny Games, Caché, The White Ribbon and Amour. more…

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