London Film Festival Winners: Vicky Krieps-Starrer ‘Corsage’ Takes Best Film Award
deadline.comAustrian filmmaker Marie Kreutzer clinched the best film award in the main Official Competition of the 66th London Film Festival with her latest feature Corsage, starring Vicky Krieps.
The historical drama, which is also the Austrian entry for the best international feature film Oscar race, follows the disgruntled Empress Elisabeth (Krieps), a 19th-century royal who, upon turning 40, begins to rebel against her carefully orchestrated public image.
The festival jury, headed by producer Tanya Seghatchian (Power of the Dog, Cold War), actor Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones), filmmaker/playwright Kemp Powers (One Night in Miami), filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane (The Disciple), and journalist Charles Gant described the film as a “mesmerizing and original interpretation of the life of the Austrian Empress Elisabeth.” “The jury was completely seduced by Vicky Krieps’ sublime performance of a woman out of time trapped in her own iconography and her rebellious yearning for liberation,” the jury said in a statement after handing over the award.
Before announcing Corsage as the best film winner, the jury also praised another competition title, Hlynur Pálmason’s latest film Godland, for its “pure cinematic language” and “formal mastery.” Both Corsage and Godland debuted at Cannes earlier this year where Krieps (Phantom Thread, Bergman Island) picked up the Best Actress award in the Un Certain Regard sidebar section.
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