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Elfriede Jelinek: Language Unleashed (2022)

Elfriede Jelinek: Language Unleashed (2022)

Documentary
Release Date: 2022, November 10
Directors: Claudia Müller
Countries: Austria, Germany
Production: CALA Filmproduktion, Plan C Filmproduktion, BR, ARTE, ORF
Cast: Sandra Hüller, Martin Wuttke, Sophie Rois, Maren Kroymann, Stefanie Reinsperger, Ilse Ritter

Overview:

Wunderkind, scandalous author, traitor to the fatherland, fury of the theater, feminist, fashion-lover, communist, pessimist, language terrorist, rebel, enfant terrible, nest fouler, brilliant, vulnerable artist, Nobel laureate. This film about Elfriede Jelinek, who in 2004 became the first Austrian author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, focuses on her artistic approach to language. The montage of archive material with voiceovers and interviews, some of them recently recorded, is told from Jelinek’s point of view.