Sisi & Ich
TIFF.18 Sibiu
Sisi & Ich
TIFF.18 Sibiu
Title: Sisi & Ich
Director: Frauke Finsterwalder
Cast: Sandra Hüller, Annette Badland, Anthony Calf
Duration: 2h 12m
Country: Germania, Elveția, Austria
Year: 2024
Black comedy that tells a fictional story about the relationship between Empress Sisi and her lady-in-waiting, Irma Sztáray. During their travels through Europe, from Corfu to Algiers, from Bavaria to England, a bond of co-dependence develops between the two. The film begins as a satire and ends "in the depths of the human soul". Finsterwalder won the 2023 Bavarian Film Award for Best Director.