The Inheritors . Newcity Chicago . 11-09-98

The Inheritors

DIRECTED BY: Stefan Ruzowitzky

REVIEWED: 11-09-98

(Die Siebtelbauern) Working in an intelligent, brutally funny style that's reminiscent of the late R.W. Fassbinder, writer-director Stefan Ruzowitzky makes his debut with this story of peasant farmers getting their revenge on the rich gentleman farmers in the Austrian Alps in the 1930s. An eccentric old farmer dies, and as a revenge on his family, leaves a will that lashes out at everyone in the village, then leaves his estate to his peasants. ("I hope they beat each other to death when they fight over it," are the sage words he leaves behind.) A rare, thoughtful social drama that's also high-grade entertainment. 93m.

--Ray Pride

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