
Synopsis
Award-winning actress Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread) delivers a tour-de-force performance as Empress Elisabeth of Austria, known to many as Sissi, in a witty, unconventional costume drama that sees the frustrated royal yearning to break free from both the constraints of her courtly obligations and her reputation as a fashionable beauty. Having turned 40, the Empress begins lacing her corsets ever tighter to maintain her public image even as she grows ever more resentful of her declining political influence. Departing 1877 Vienna, she embarks on a tour of England and Bavaria visiting former lovers, in hopes of reclaiming some of the vitality of her youth and hatching a plan to protect her legacy. A bold departure from earlier films about one of Austria’s most famous figures, Corsage is a timely reflection on a woman’s perceived social worth and struggle for agency and autonomy.
Winner
58th Chicago International Film Festival Silver Hugo: Best Performance, Vicky Krieps. Learn more…
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Film Credits
- Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz
- Marie Kreutzer
- Ulrike Kofler
- Judith Kaufmann BVK
- Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Jeanne Werner, Alma Hasun, Manuel Rubey, Finnegan Oldfield, Aaron Friesz, Rosa Hajjaj, Lilly Marie Tschörtner, Colin Morgan
- Nicolas Leroy, Angelo Dos Santos
- Camille
- Vicky Krieps
- Film AG
Sponsors
Film Sponsor
Film Patron
Robert & Penelope Steiner Family Foundation
International Competition Patron
Jacolyn and John Bucksbaum Family Foundation

The Film Title
Synopsis
Johnny is a successful banker who lives happily in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, inexplicably, she gets bored of him and decides to seduce Johnny’s best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again.
“What is this?”
-everyone
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Screening
Thursday, Sept 30, 2021 @ 7:00pm
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Film Credits
- Paul Producer
- Samir Screenwriter
- J. Jonah Jameson
- Annie Lebowitz
- Candice D.P. Willgins
- Bill Murray, Charlie Chaplin, Reese Witherspoon, Daniel Day-Lewis
- Junkie XL
- The Decemberists
- Dan Quayle, Will Smith
- Dreamworks, A24