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Corsage

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Empress Elizabeth 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 by lacing her corset tighter and tighter. While Elizabeth'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, Elizabeth rebels against the hyperbolized image of herself and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.
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Corsage puts a refreshingly irreverent spin on period biopic formulas, further elevated by Vicky Krieps' terrific turn in the central role.

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Christina Newland iNews.co.uk 09/18/2024
5/5
Marie Kreutzer's study of the fascinating life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria puts most other 'feminist' period dramas to shame - and Vicky Krieps rules the screen. Go to Full Review
David Stratton The Australian 02/10/2023
2.5/5
Though many may well appreciate the film’s deliberate distortions and its rewriting of history, I found Corsage fascinating and irritating in more or less equal amounts. Go to Full Review
Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald 02/08/2023
3/5
Vicky Krieps, in a spectacular performance, illuminates a rather trudging narrative. Sisi spends much of the film gasping for breath; the rest she spends pining, weeping, brooding and rebelling. Go to Full Review
Connor Lightbody InSession Film 07/08/2024
4/5
A devilishly entertaining, tangibly textured, provocative film on a self-destructive woman hellbent on not conforming to societal strictures Go to Full Review
Sarah Vincent Sarah G Vincent Views 06/02/2024
Kreutzer and Krieps’ version of feminism has women in power erasing actual or potential targeted victims and centering themselves as the real victims Go to Full Review
Avaryl Halley Movie Bitches 04/24/2024
It pisses me off when they take historical figures and change things that are facts Go to Full Review
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ntbobkat 01/13/2023 Unusual and interesting. See more NdeL 01/12/2023 I liked the movie very much. However, I don't think it was appropriate for an American audience. I was educated in Germany and am very familiar with the subject matter but here, a person off the street wouldn't have understood anything about the main character's personality and issues. See more Charles 01/08/2023 good movie! great acting ! See more cory elzey 01/08/2023 Perfect movie. Vicky Krieps is gniale! Beautiful flow, the entire movie had a beautiful transparency about it that made it so pleasing. The score was flawless. See more Dylan 01/07/2023 Great acting, gorgeous locations, well-paced, and very unexpectedly compelling. See more Cassandra 01/07/2023 A wild ride. Enthralling. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Empress Elizabeth 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 by lacing her corset tighter and tighter. While Elizabeth'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, Elizabeth rebels against the hyperbolized image of herself and comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.
Director
Marie Kreutzer
Producer
Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz
Screenwriter
Marie Kreutzer
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Alamode Film, MK2 Films, ZDF/Arte, Film AG Produktion, Samsa Film, Kazak Productions, Arte, arte France Cinéma, ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen, Komplizen Film
Genre
History, Drama, Biography
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 23, 2022, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$705.7K
Runtime
1h 53m
Sound Mix
Digital 5.1
Aspect Ratio
Digital 2.39:1
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