Albert Serra has developed an oeuvre that takes a certain delight in provocation. Unashamedly radical cinema that simultaneously seeks true beauty around historic and philosophical fault lines, where good and bad become irrelevant terms. After the success of La mort de Louis XIV he goes further than ever with Liberté, based on the controversial play the Catalan filmmaker staged at the Volksbühne in Berlin. This film won the Special Jury Prize from Un Certain Regard in Cannes.
In a picturesquely lit, cricket-infested 18th-century woodland, bewigged, pre-revolutionary French libertines indulge for a night in De Sadean, pansexual games and the associated humiliations. Liberté isn’t looking for satisfaction, let alone pleasure, but the viewer’s efforts are rewarded with a glimpse of the true, naked meaning of freedom.
Film details
Productielanden
France, Germany, Portugal, Spain
Jaar
2019
Festivaleditie
IFFR 2020
Lengte
132'
Medium/Formaat
DCP
Taal
French, German
Première status
None
Director
Albert Serra
Producer
Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Albert Serra, Montse Triola, Joaquim Sapinho, Felix von Boehm
Screenplay
Albert Serra
Cinematography
Artur Tort
Editing
Albert Serra, Ariadna Ribas, Artur Tort
Sound design
Jordi Ribas
Music
Marc Verdaguer, Ferran Font
Production company
Idéale Audience, Andergraun Films, Rosa Filmes, Lupa Film
Sales / World rights holder
Films Boutique
Principal cast
Helmut Berger, Marc Susini, Iliana Zabeth, Laura Poulvet, Baptiste Pinteaux, Théodora Marcadé, Alexander García Düttmann