71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance « Movie from 1995

The simultaneously random and interconnected nature of modern existence comes into focus in Michael Haneke’s harrowing vision of a dehumanizing world--where emotional estrangement can only be punctured by the shock of sudden violence.

Seventy-one intricate, puzzlelike scenes survey the routines of a handful of seemingly unrelated people whose stories collide in a devastating encounter at a bank.