Mr. Haneke, whose technical mastery often makes his considered existential dyspepsia easier to swallow, doesn’t establish an obvious motivation for the spy — the 13-year-old Eve, the second-youngest member of the singularly unhappy Laurent family, whose story this movie tells. Video“Happy End” has a linear structure, but Mr. Haneke presents his scenes with little or no connective tissue. Like many of Mr. Haneke’s films from the past two decades, “Happy End” is set in France and features a mostly French-speaking cast. It has an uncommonly strong ensemble cast (including Toby Jones, who plays Anne’s English lover and business ally), but the movie belongs to Mr. Trintignant. Happy End NYT Critic’s Pick Find Tickets Director Michael HanekeWriter Michael HanekeStars Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Fantine Harduin, Franz RogowskiRating RRunning Time 1h 47mGenre DramaMovie data powered by IMDb.comLast updated: Dec 21, 2017

Source: New York Times December 21, 2017 14:15 UTC