Best Foreign Language Film of the Year

Revanche

Revanche

Austria
Directed by Götz Spielmann

ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY

This is the third Academy Award nomination for Austria. Previous nominations were:

  • THE COUNTERFEITERS (2007) -- Winner, Foreign Language Film
  • "38" (1986) -- Nominee, Foreign Language Film

FILM SYNOPSIS

A crime results in a web of guilt and revenge that knits together the lives of two very different couples. Ex-con Alex plans to help his girlfriend, Tamara, escape from her life in a brothel by robbing a bank in his grandfather's small town. When the plan goes awry, Alex is drawn into a complex relationship with Robert, a local policeman, and his kindhearted wife, Suzanne.
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