New Sisi film: the menopause of an empress

In Frauke Finsterwalder’s painful humorous film “Sisi & Me” a toxic dynamic rages between Empress Elisabeth and her lady-in-waiting. In the press interview, the director explains why she is not a fan of the Sisi Museum.

The empress wants to see how fast she can run, says the servant to Countess Irma, who has just arrived in Corfu, exhausted. There’s no time for a breather: hop, hop, the future lady-in-waiting is already galloping back and forth in the blooming garden of her future superiors. No fun in the heat, in a heavy linen skirt, in a corset.