A deliciously dry black comedy about a poet seeking a woman to die with him, and the strange politics of romantic devotion.
In Jessica Hausner’s AMOUR FOU, Romantic poet Heinrich seeks the ultimate proof of love: a woman willing to die with him. When Henriette becomes the object of his self-absorbed devotion, the film turns tragic romance into deadpan satire. Cool, precise and pastel-sharp, it skewers poetic martyrdom, gender politics and the absurd vanity of grand feeling.
Rialto Recommends AMOUR FOU is black comedy at its most elegant: icy, absurd and quietly savage. Jessica Hausner strips period romance of its usual lushness, replacing passion with awkward silences, crisp interiors and devastatingly funny restraint. A brilliant satire of love, ego and male artistic suffering, it is as beautiful as it is merciless.
Cast
Christian Friedel (Heinrich), Birte Schnöink (Henriette), Stephan Grossmann (Friedrich Louis Vogel)
Director
Writer
Writer
Language
German
Subtitles
English
Countries
Austria, Luxembourg, Germany
Studio
Coproduction Office