The White Ribbon

• Starring: Leonie Benesch, Josef Bierbichler, Rainer Bock, Christian Friedel, Burghart Klaußner
• Release date: 30 December 2009
• Runtime: 144 mins
• Rating: R
• Genre: drama

Synopsis:

In a village in Protestant northern Germany, on the eve of World War I, the children of a church and school run by the village schoolteacher and their families experience a series of bizarre incidents that inexplicably assume the characteristics of a punishment ritual. Who could be responsible for such bizarre transgressions? Leonie Benesch, Josef Bierbichler, and Rainer Bock star in director Michael Haneke’s Palm d’Or-winning period drama. – Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide