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| Revanchism: n. 1. (a literal translation would read like “revenge-ism”) |
For those of you whose thoughts don’t spin au français, it’s time for a little vocab lesson, oui? According to my sources through good ol' Wikipedia, the concept of “revanchism” is a 19th Century term referencing something similar to irredentism. No? Umm…..okay, let’s put it this way: territorial reparations sustained and paid by countries following a war. Often used as an excuse to start other wars as a point of honor. Simply put: My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. Comprende? Armed with such knowledge (and all metaphorical BS aside), it probably can’t be too hard to guess what the Austrian-born filmmaker Götz Spielmann’s symmetric thought-piece of a tragedy is all about.
