The Left-handed Woman
Dir: Peter Handke
West Germany, 1978, 115minmins, DCP
Cast: Edith Clever, Bruno Ganz, Bernhard Minetti
Adapted from his own novella, Austrian playwright Peter Handke’s hidden masterpiece tells a feminist story with an empathy untainted by doctrine. Marianne, a German housewife disenchanted by the stifling comfort in the suburbs of Paris, suddenly decides to leave her husband and embarks on a solitary voyage of self-discovery. Brought on board for Handke’s exquisite directing debut through Wenders, Müller employs minimal camera movement, austere compositions, and a washed-out color palette to portray a profound sense of isolation, and a deeply moving hymn to a woman’s autonomy and liberation.
In Competition, Cannes Film Festival
Screening:
In-theatre Screening
Door Tickets Available at the Venue on Screening Date 2019-06-22 (Sat)
19:30Door Tickets Available at the Venue on Screening Date 2019-07-14 (Sun)
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