Vicky Krieps is the driving force throughout this movie. She is such a strong actor, she commands every scene. She simply shines. A modern take into the life of the Empress of Austria, "Corsage" is a movie on how Elizabeth may have lived her 40s, feeling trapped and having no control of her life anymore. The movie is filled with strong imagery, and Krieps gives a wonderful performance, and everything that she must have felt makes absolute sense. It's an examination of character and of deep feelings more than a show of oppression and entrapment. She is cahedy and melancholic and she feels like she is the inage of the empire without having a real role and purpose in it. She writes a different path for herself and tries to escape what is to come in her real story. I couldn't completely connect with the story in "Corsage", but still I'm glad I've watched it.
Review of Corsage
