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Movie Info

A gifted and blind 18th-century Viennese pianist works with an extraordinary physician to restore her sight, but she slowly begins to realize that her recovery is coming at a terrible price.

Genre:

history, drama
Original Language:

German
Director:

Barbara Albert
Producer:

Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Michael Kitzberger
Writer:

Kathrin Resetarits
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 25, 2018
Runtime:

1h 37m
Production Co:

Arte, Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), LooksFilm

Cast & Crew

Maria-Victoria Dragus
Maria Theresia Paradis

Devid Striesow
Franz Anton Mesmer

Lukas Miko
Joseph Anton Paradis

Katja Kolm
Maria Rosalia Paradis

Maresi Riegner
Dienstmagd Agnes

Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg
Maria Anna von Posch

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Critic Reviews for Mademoiselle Paradis

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (12)

The engrossing result feels entirely modern, despite more spectacular, candy-colored ruffles than you can shake a bustle at.

September 26, 2017 | Full Review…

Guy Lodge
Variety
An inquisitive, curious and gorgeously accoutered period piece about science, the senses and the position of women in Mozart-era Austria.

September 12, 2017 | Full Review…

Boyd van Hoeij
Hollywood Reporter
Director Barbara Albert fashions a remarkable image of blindness and healing, of cruelty and of compassion.

September 11, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Kate Taylor
Globe and Mail
Still, Mademoiselle Paradis is a satisfyingly left-of-center trifle, indulging the stylistic pomposity of this society while also ruthlessly critiquing it.

August 13, 2020 | Full Review…

Luke Gorham
In Review Online
It is Dragus who remains the beating heart of Mademoiselle Paradis. Her face a complex cascade of differentiating shades of anguish, and she spins Resi into a highly empathetic characterization.

October 10, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Nicholas Bell
IONCINEMA.com
Dragus' performance is exquisite as she embodies the blind musician, creating a thought-provoking situation of the price we place on our senses and abilities.

August 22, 2018 | Full Review…

Pamela Powell
FF2 Media
Mademoiselle Paradis can feel a bit slight in terms of drama. But with such visual strength and assured aesthetic sensibility, it hardly matters.

July 19, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Chelsea Phillips-Carr
Scene Creek
Barbara Albert's Mademoiselle Paradis is a subtle and intelligent film about the historical crisis of female subjectivity and the various men who attempt to control that emerging identity.

November 17, 2017 | Full Review…

Michael Sicinski
Cinema Scope
At 97 minutes the movie is a brisk eccentric historical curio (based on a true story!). But oh how it lingers.

October 13, 2017 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…

Nathaniel Rogers
The Film Experience
Albert places a cruel world onscreen despite its opulent finery. All this pettiness and vindictiveness occurs before [Resi's] eyes yet she sees nothing.

September 28, 2017 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Jared Mobarak
The Film Stage
"Mademoiselle Paradis" is the fifth film from director Barbara Albert, and for both she and star Maria Dragus, it is a stunning success.

September 14, 2017 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

Christopher Schobert
The Playlist
An exquisitely crafted period drama telling the true story of blind musician Maria Theresia von Paradis and pioneering physician Dr Franz Mesmer.

September 11, 2017 | Full Review…

Allan Hunter
Screen International