# Funny Games (1997)

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**Runtime**: 109 min
**Genres**: Drama, Horror, Thriller
**Directed by**: Michael Haneke
**Written by**: Michael Haneke
**Starring**: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering, Stefan Clapczynski, Doris Kunstmann

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Isolated cabin on a lakeshore summer evening with a boat rocking gently. A family held captive by two disquieting strangers. Michael Haneke directs this dark thriller.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, dread, pitch-black, unhinged

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