I have been a so-called "Sissi-enthusiast" for as long as I can remember. Every movie or series based on her life are a surprise and something to really look forward to me.
This being said, I have to highlight the fact that this one movie is closest to the Sissi one can read about. She was eccentric, she was ahead of her time (which has gracefully been depicted through some very modern gestures, that gave the movie and the character some colour, but didn't look too absurd or too modern) and she was indeed a bird locked in a golden cage.
My Sissi is complex, my Sissi can be Romy Schneider at times, but she definitely is Vicky Krieps as well. I can only think of this movie as a compliment to her and to what she has endured during her life. Her faith has been decided by so many others, while she kept fighting to regain as much control as possible in her situation.
This is definitely a film worth watching, because it was not produced with the sole aim to please the audience, but it manages to tell a story, a story based on a real person.
Bravo!
This being said, I have to highlight the fact that this one movie is closest to the Sissi one can read about. She was eccentric, she was ahead of her time (which has gracefully been depicted through some very modern gestures, that gave the movie and the character some colour, but didn't look too absurd or too modern) and she was indeed a bird locked in a golden cage.
My Sissi is complex, my Sissi can be Romy Schneider at times, but she definitely is Vicky Krieps as well. I can only think of this movie as a compliment to her and to what she has endured during her life. Her faith has been decided by so many others, while she kept fighting to regain as much control as possible in her situation.
This is definitely a film worth watching, because it was not produced with the sole aim to please the audience, but it manages to tell a story, a story based on a real person.
Bravo!