Mademoiselle Paradis

Licht

58th TIFF: Greek Premiere

A charismatic pianist (and former prodigy child) who lives in Vienna in 1777 loses her eyesight overnight when she is three years old. After many hopeless medical experiments, her parents send her to a controversial “miracle doctor,” who actually seems to heal her but the cure comes with a price: this time, the young woman loses her talent... An emotional and sensual journey into what our eyes and our soul see; a reflection on what makes a person exceptional in each human society.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.


Direction: Barbara Albert
Script: Kathrin Resetarits
Cinematography: Christine A. Maier
Editing: Niki Mossböck
Sound: Christian Conrad
Music: Lorenz Dangel
Actors: Maria Dragus, Devid Striesow, Lukas Miko
Production: NGF, Looks
Producers: Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser, Martina Haubrich, Gunnar Dedio
Art Direction: Katharina Wöppermann
Costumes: Veronika Albert
Format: DCP
Color: Color
Production Country: Austria, Germany
Production Year: 2017
Duration: 97΄
Contact: Playtime

Barbara Albert

Born in Vienna in 1970, Barbara Albert studied directing and screenwriting at the Vienna Film Academy. Her first feature film NORDRAND was internationally acclaimed after its screening in the competition of Venice Int. Film Festival in 1999. As a writer she has worked together with the writer / directors Jasmila Zbanic, Andrea Staka, and Michael Glawogger. She is a teacher and vice president of the Film University Babelsberg “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam and has been living in Berlin since 2010.

Filmography

1999 Nordrand
2001 Lovely Rita
2006 Fallen
2017 Licht | Mademoiselle Paradis