Michael Haneke’s CODE UNKNOWN unfolds through striking single-take vignettes linked by one seemingly small incident on a Paris street. Starring Juliette Binoche, the film follows lives briefly connected then altered by misunderstanding, prejudice and consequence. It is a precise, unsettling portrait of racial inequality and failed communication in modern Europe.

Rialto Recommends CODE UNKNOWN is Haneke at his most incisive: cool, fragmented and quietly devastating. What begins with a small public confrontation opens into a much larger study of disconnection, privilege and social tension. With Juliette Binoche anchoring an outstanding ensemble, this is cinema that refuses easy answers and makes every silence count.