Sleeping with a Tiger
Directed by: Anja Salomonowitz
With: Birgit Minichmayr, Lukas Watzl
Austrian painter Maria Lassnig struggles in the male-dominated art world. She transposes her inner pain onto her canvases, searching for a personal form of artistic expression.
Awards
Press
“The cycle is obvious: sit, think, paint, rinse, repeat. While the choice of agelessness allows for a certain visual anachronism, it also reinforces Salomonowitz’s argument that Lassnig’s battle with the art scene and herself was a lifelong one. When she finally became famous and appreciated, she remained stuck in her old ways. But it’s not just the break with traditional narrative chronology that’s remarkable; Salomonowitz once again employs her typical style of merging scenes embodied by actors, historical footage, and interviews.”
Susanne Gottlieb – Cineeuropa
Reviews
“This film is a biopic in itself. Maria Lassnig is always played by the same actress, whether she is 6, 14, 64, or 94 years old in the scene depicted. No makeup alters the actress’s appearance. She crosses the decades like an eternally identical figure. It is an artistic translation of her mental state. It is said of Maria Lassnig that she is ageless. Wise as a young girl and young at heart as an old woman.”
Anja Salomonowitz – austrianfilms.com
Credits
- Anja Salomonowitz Director(s)
- Anja Salomonowitz Screenwriter(s)
- Jo Molitoris Director(s) of Photography
- Veronika Hlawatsch Sound design
- Martin Reiter Decoration / Artistic Director
- Joana Scrinzi Editing
- Bernhard Fleischmann Original Music
- Antonin Svoboda Producer(s)
- coop99 filmproduktion Production companies
- Stadtkino Filmverleih Distribution companies
- Germany Countries of Origin
- Germany Countries of Filming