Corsage
A fictional account of one year in the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria. On Christmas Eve 1877, Elisabeth, once idolized for her beauty, turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman; she starts trying to maintain her public image.
- Released: 2022-07-07
- Runtime: 113 minutes
- Genre: Drama, History
- Stars: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasun, Finnegan Oldfield, Manuel Rubey, Aaron Friesz, Tamás Lengyel, Ivana Urban, Alexander Pschill, Raphael Nicholas, Rosa Hajjaj, Lilly Marie Tschörtner, May Garzon, Norman Hacker, Marlene Hauser, Adrien Papritz, Oliver Rosskopf, Peter Faerber
- Director: Marie Kreutzer
Comments
- grigoraaakis-889-295918 - 30 March 2024
A modern take on Sisi's role in the Austrian Empire
Vicky Krieps is the driving force throughout this movie. She is such a strong actor, she commands every scene. She simply shines. A modern take into the life of the Empress of Austria, "Corsage" is a movie on how Elizabeth may have lived her 40s, feeling trapped and having no control of her life anymore. The movie is filled with strong imagery, and Krieps gives a wonderful performance, and everything that she must have felt makes absolute sense. It's an examination of character and of deep feelings more than a show of oppression and entrapment. She is cahedy and melancholic and she feels like she is the inage of the empire without having a real role and purpose in it. She writes a different path for herself and tries to escape what is to come in her real story. I couldn't completely connect with the story in "Corsage", but still I'm glad I've watched it. - kosmasp - 21 July 2023
How to be woman
No pun intended - what does it mean to be a woman? One that has some power ... one that can be free ... at least privately. And yet gets put into quite a lot of pressure publicaly ... see Corsage - trying to fit in. Expectations and all that - men have always been afraid of powerful and independent women. Having their own thoughts, being quite sexual and expressing that too.
Of course some of the points are a bit hammered in ... and quite often pounded - into our mind or rather onto our screens. There is obviously nudity - depending on how open you are, this may bother you or not. It is not meant to objectify the main actress ... it does quite the opposite .. empowering her ... giving her ... an edge over others (if you detected innuendos in what I've written ... those may have been intended ...).
Great costume design and really well played - if you are interested in the themes this will float your boat ... otherwise you may have some issues watching it through.
