“Great talent demands great sacrifice in Licht - Mademoiselle Paradis, an exquisitely crafted period drama telling the true story of blind musician Maria Theresia von Paradis and pioneering physician Dr Franz Mesmer. The personal tale also reflects on the plight of women amidst the glaring inequalities of eighteenth century European high society. (…) Blind since [...]
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Jan Smacka2018-08-16T16:36:40+00:00“For his second feature film, German filmmaker Jan Speckenbach is tackling familiar material, with a twist. In Speckenbach’s first feature Die Vermissten, a father goes searching for his estranged — and now missing — daughter and is shocked by what he finds along the way. In his Freedom Speckenbach appears to be working through a [...]