Film Review: Michael

Markus Schleinzer’s debut film Michael depicts the dull and monotonous daily routine of an insurance broker, Michael, who has a 10-year-old boy locked in the basement of his house.

Bearing a resemblance to the Joseph Fritzl and Natascha Kampusch cases, the film tackles the topics of abduction and paedophilia with an inscrutable blankness that is oddly captivating.

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