Mademoiselle Paradis
Austria, Germany, 2017, 97 minutes, Color, German, French; Turkish subtitle, Turkish Sign Language
2018 Austrian Film Award; Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Production Design 2017 Les Arcs European Film Festival; Best Actress
Director: Barbara Albert
Screenplay: Kathrin Resetarits
Cinematography: Christine A. Maier
Editing: Niki Mossböck
Music: Lorenz Dangel
Production: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, LOOKSfilm, ZDF, ARTE
Cast: Maria Dragus, Devid Striesow, Lukas Miko, Katja Kolm, Maresi Riegner, Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg
Vienna, 1777. The blind 18-year-old “Wunderkind” pianist Maria Theresia Paradis lost her eyesight when she was three years old. After countless failed medical experiments, her parents take her to the estate of controversial “miracle doctor” Franz Anton Mesmer, where she joins a group of outlandish patients. She enjoys the liberal household in a Rococo world and tastes freedom for the first time, but begins to notice that as Mesmer’s treatment brings back her eyesight, she is losing her cherished musical virtuosity.