Corsage

 

Corsage 2022

• Director: Marie Kreutzer
• Based on the novel: no
• Cast: Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Katharina Lorenz, Colin Morgan
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in
• Vicky Krieps – Old, Colonia, Hanna
• Colin Morgan – Belfast, Three Families, The Crown, Humans, The Fall, The Living and the Dead, The Laughing King, Legend, Testament of Youth, The Tempest, Quirke, Merlin, Island, Parked. Doctor Who, the Catherine Tate Show
• Why? Colin Morgan
• Seen: 21 September 2024 

Elizabeth (Krieps) is the Empress of Austria, wife of Franz Joseph (Teichtmeister). She has turned forty and is regarded as old. She doesn’t want to be old, she doesn’t feel old. She loves riding and she’s strongly attracted to her sister’s groom Bay (Morgan). The attraction is mutual but she cuts it off because her grown son is afraid of scandal. She feels imprisoned in her boring life.

The risk with films about boring lives is that the films becomes boring. This is close at times but it’s handsome and quirky enough to hold the attention. It’s not gripping but it is interesting.

3* of 5