SACRIFICE, VIOLENCE AND THE LIMITS OF MORAL REPRESENTATION IN HANEKE'S CACHe

This article revisits Michael Haneke's Cache (Hidden, 2005) as a filmic transformation of the traditional bond between sacrificial violence, morality and community building. By drawing mainly on striking correspondences with Jacques Derrida's view of the "mystical" origin of authority and of the limits of moral representation, the article aims to probe into Haneke's strategies of concealment. In so doing, the article proposes a "postsecular" interpretation of the symbolic meaning of the enigmas of the "ghost director" within the film, and of Majid's theatrical self-sacrifice.