Cinematheque . Film Schedule . Amour Fou
Austria, Germany, Luxembourg | 2014 | Jessica Hausner
The wry new film from the director of 2009’s masterful Lourdes is set in early 1800s Berlin, where a moony, melancholy Romantic writer tries to convince his beloved cousin that they should immortalize their undying affection via a suicide pact, allowing love to transcend death. When she rejects the idea, he turns to a local businessman’s wife. She is smitten with his poetry and, conveniently, has been diagnosed with a terminal disease. This deadpan black comedy, shot in a Vermeer-like visual style, was inspired by the real-life 1811 suicide of author Heinrich von Kleist (The Marquise of O) and Henrietta Vogel. “#2 on Top Ten list for 2014. One of the great films about the nature of love.” –James Quandt, Artforum.
Cleveland premiere. Subtitles. Blu-ray. 96 min.
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