Unanimous Entertainment

Notoriously nihilistic filmmaker Michael Haneke revisits one of his most controversial works in this remake of 1997’s Funny Games starring Naomi Watts and Tim Roth.

Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas.

When Nat Banyon (Lucas Black) saves the life of a man named Finch (Peter Coyote), his actions are rewarded with a job restoring Finch’s crumbling motel in the small town of Deepwater.

And we ask: to what extent are we all shaped by experiences and influences of which we’re not even conscious? And: if we’re not conscious of these experiences, how can we protect ourselves from them?