Corsage (2022)
Director: Marie Kreutzer Run Time: 114 min. Rating: NR Release Year: 2022
Starring: Alma Hasun, Florian Teichtmeister, Jeanne Werner, Katharina Lorenz, Vicky Krieps
Country: Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, France
Language: German, French, English, Hungarian
About the film:
2022 Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard Best Performance Prize for Vicky Krieps
2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards, Best International Film nominee
Shortlisted for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards
Empress Elisabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, ‘Sissi’ celebrates her 40th birthday and must fight to maintain her public image. While Elisabeth’s role has been reduced against her wishes to purely performative, her hunger for knowledge and zest for life makes her seek out the excitement and purpose of her youth. With a future of strictly ceremonial duties laid out in front of her, she rebels against the hyperbolized image of herself and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.
About the filmmaker:
Marie Kreutzer is an Austrian filmmaker whose films have screened at Berlin, San Sebastián, Cannes, TIFF, and the New York Film Festival. In 2011, her debut feature film The Fatherless (Die Vaterlosen) was nominated for the Thomas Pluch Screenplay Award and the Austrian Film Award. Her other projects include 2015’s Gruber Is Leaving (“Gruber Geht”), 2016’s We Used to Be Cool (“Was Hat Uns Bloß So Ruiniert”), and the 2017 television film Die Notlüge. In addition to her work as a director, Kreutzer has worked as a lecturer at the Vienna Film Academy and as a screenwriter and dramaturge.
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