Revanche

A gripping thriller and a tragic drama of nearly Greek proportions, REVANCHE is the stunning, international breakthrough of Austrian filmmaker Gotz Spielmann. In a ragged section of Vienna, hardened ex-con Alex (the mesmerizing Johannes Krisch) works in a brothel, where he falls for Ukrainian hooker Tamara. Their desperate plans for escape unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop and his seemingly content wife. With meticulous, elegant direction, Spielmann creates a tense, existential, and surprising portrait of vengeance and redemption, and a journey into the darkest forest of human nature, in which violence and beauty exist side by side.

Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 2009 Academy Awards

Warning: This film contains graphic content and may be upsetting and/or offensive to some people.