A gripping thriller and a tragic drama of nearly Greek proportions,
Revanche is the stunning, Oscar-nominated internationaI
breakthrough of Austrian fiImmaker Gotz SpieImann. ln a ragged
section of Vienna, hardened ex-con Alex works as an assistant in a brotheI, where he
faIls for Ukrainian hooker Tamara. Their desperate plans for
escape unexpectedly intersect with the Iives of a ruraI cop and
his seemingly content wife. With meticuIous, elegant direction,
SpieImann creates a tense, existential, and surprising portrait of
vengeance and redemption, and a journey into the darkest forest of
human nature, in which vioIence and beauty exist side by side. |