film
Corsage
directed by Marie Kreutzer, Austria / France / Germany / Luxembourg 2022, 113'
- Empress Elisabeth, the provocateur of the Viennese court, does her best to build her myth. On the verge of turning forty, which the public believes to be the definitive end of her youth, she realises that people start to see her in the context of age, not her achievements or aspirations. So Sisi begins the struggle to escape the rigid corset of expectations and to secure her legacy.
- Awarded at Cannes the magnificent Vicky Krieps plays Sisi: scandalous, rebellious and the most beautiful and intriguing woman of the era. A timeless and universal story about freedom.
