She came to Cannes for two films:
More Than Ever
, by Emily Atef, and
Corsage
.
Vicky Krieps, 38, surprises as much by the charming sweetness of her slight Germanic accent as by her force of conviction as an actress in Cannes.
The screening of
Corsage
, a romantic drama that revisits the tragic fate of Empress Sissi, raised a great wave of emotion.
She knows it.
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Wasn't Romy Schneider's ghost floating around the room?
She nods.
“Originally, there is of course Romy,
she whispers.
The films where she plays Sissi, I saw them as a kid.
I grew up in a family where we listened to rock music and didn't watch princess movies.
But our neighbours, yes!
Every Christmas, they didn't miss the
Sissi
.
For me, it was exotic.
I fell in love with his personality, and I read his biography.
When, in 2015, the
Phantom Thread
actress filmed
We Used to Be Cool
with the Austrian filmmaker Marie Kreutzer, she suggested that he take an interest in Empress Elisabeth…
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