Shown: April 13, 2025 at 6pm
Director : Marie Kreutzer
Country : Austria
Release Date : 2022
Duration : 112 mins
Language : German, French, English & Hungarian
Subtitles : Yes
WINNER : BEST FILM AT 2022 LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
WINNER : BEST PERFORMANCE (VICKY KRIEPS) AT 2022 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Empress Elisabeth of Austria is idolised for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, she celebrates her 40th birthday and must fight to maintain her public image by lacing her corset tighter and tighter. While Elisabeth’s role has been reduced against her wishes to purely performative, her hunger for knowledge and zest for life makes her more and more restless in Vienna. She travels to England and Bavaria, visiting former lovers and old friends, seeking the excitement and purpose of her youth. With a future of strictly ceremonial duties laid out in front of her, Elisabeth rebels against the hyperbolised image of herself and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.
“A masterful and melancholy meditation on loneliness with a sucker punch of an ending.” (Manuel Betancourt – AV Club)