Synopse
Vienna, 1777. Despite having lost her sight at an early age, 18-year old Maria Theresia »Resi« Paradis (Maria Dragus) is celebrated in Viennese society as a musical wunderkind. After numerous unsuccessful treatments, she comes into the care of Doctor Franz Anton Mesmer (Devid Striesow) a controversial figure due to his new methods. At the Mesmer house, between Rococo and Enlightenment, among a collection of odd patients and with the help of the maid Agnes, Resi feels free at last. When she begins to see things for the first time, she discovers to her horror that she seems to be simultaneously losing her musical virtuosity. Licht is a dense historical drama based on Alissa Walser's novel Am Anfang war die Nacht Musik.
Regie
BARBARA ALBERT (*1970) is one of Austria's best known female directors and won numerous prizes for her films Nordrand [Northern Skirts] (1999), Böse Zellen [Free Radicals] (2003), Fallen [Falling] (2006) and Die Lebenden [The Dead and the Living] (2012).
Info
Original Title: Licht
International Title: Mademoiselle Paradis
Category: Feature
Section: Freihafen
Version & Subtitles: German OV with English subtitles
Director: Barbara Albert
Screenplay: Kathrin Resetarits (nach dem Roman "Am Anfang war die Nacht Musik" von Alissa Walser)
Cast/Protagonists: Maria Dragus, Devid Striesow, Lukas Miko, Katja Kolm, Maresi Riegner
Production country: Austria, Germany
Year of Production: 2017
Length: 97 min
Producer: Martina Haubrich, Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser, Gunnar Dedio
Production company: NGF – Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, LOOKS Filmproduktionen GmbH
Cinematography: Christine A. Maier
Editor: Niki Mossböck
Music: Lorenz Dangel
Production Design: Katharina Wöppermann
World Sales: Films Distribution
Distributor: Alexandre Dupont-Geisselmann, farbfilm Verleih
