Sisi & I

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Sisi & I

Released Jul 12, 2024

2h 12m

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Austria, late 19th Century. Countess Irma Sztáray (Sandra Hüller) leaves her home in Hungary to become the lady-in-waiting for Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known to those close to her as Sisi (Susanne Wolff). Irma falls under the spell of the rebellious Empress Sisi, and the two form a strong bond during a summer retreat in Greece. However, once home in Vienna, their lives take dramatic and irrevocable turns.

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Sisi has the privilege and curse of knowing she can get away with anything, that nothing she does is unforgivable. In psychological terms, that dynamic is promising, but the movie gives it no dramatic context.

Rated: 1/4

Oct 28, 2024

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Tomris Laffly

RogerEbert.com

Where “Corsage” was cheeky, playfully dark and came with a dose of heart-tugging mischief, “Sisi & I” feels tame and square by comparison.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 14, 2024

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Guy Lodge

Variety

Consistently gets by on the eye-candy delights of Thomas W. Kiennast’s velvety, tactile 16mm lensing and scrumptious, magazine-ready design contributions.

Mar 12, 2023

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Kathy Fennessy

Video Librarian Magazine

The director, who wrote the screenplay with her husband, Swiss author Christian Kracht, avoids period music in favor of 20th-century tracks from female-led acts, like Nico and Portishead, aligning it with Sofia Coppola's anachronistic Marie Antoinette...

Rated: 3.5/5

Apr 24, 2025

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Manuel Betancourt

FilmWeek (LAist)

Hüller is fantastic.

Aug 3, 2024

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Sarah Vincent

Boston Movie News

It resembles a 19th-century, rustic, chic, more joyous version of “The Devil Wears Prada” (2006)

Rated: B+

Jul 23, 2024

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Gabrielle B

Utterly disgusting depravity and sadistic narissism flaunted as sophisticated "realpolitik". C'est pathètique!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/25/25

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Austria, late 19th Century. Countess Irma Sztáray (Sandra Hüller) leaves her home in Hungary to become the lady-in-waiting for Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known to those close to her as Sisi (Susanne Wolff). Irma falls under the spell of the rebellious Empress Sisi, and the two form a strong bond during a summer retreat in Greece. However, once home in Vienna, their lives take dramatic and irrevocable turns.

Director: Frauke Finsterwalder
Producer: Tobias Walker, Philipp Worm, Wiebke Andresen
Screenwriter: Frauke Finsterwalder, Christian Kracht, Frauke Finsterwalder, Christian Kracht
Distributor: Film Movement
Production Co: Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft GmbH, MMC Independent, Walker Worm Film
Genre: Comedy, History, Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 12, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 25, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.7K
Runtime: 2h 12m

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