Just saw this film last night at the "Film Comment" series in NYC... A sad and amazing film. This film has been described as "shocking", but what was truly shocking was the audience reaction to this film... there was laughter, giggling and mocking guffaws at the most inappropriate scenes. I mean this was playing to what I would think was a gathering of "sophisticated" film viewers, not a bunch of college kids looking for a cheap laugh. Also what I found disturbing was the laughter seemed directed at the characters themselves, as if Siedl was trying to make a joke about their "misery". Really appalling...