The White Ribbon Movie Review - Read Variety's Analysis Of The Film The White Ribbon

The White Ribbon Movie Review - Read Variety's Analysis Of The Film The White Ribbon: "The villagers here live a mostly isolated existence far more redolent of 19th century life than of the mechanized 20th century that will soon engulf them, and the film meticulously conveys both the physical realities of the times and of the moral strictures under which almost no family is a stranger to child abuse, malicious behavior, adultery and premature death. About the only leading character immune from such a stigma is the childless one, the schoolteacher who, in a welcoming older voice (Ernst Jacobi), also serves as the sorry tale’s narrator."