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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Long may she live, beautiful may she remain."'']]
->''"I have nothing to hold on to. Except myself. And sometimes even that seems like an incredible effort."''
-->-- '''Elisabeth'''
''Corsage'' is an 2022 historical drama film directed by Creator/MarieKreutzer, set in 1877-1878.
It is about UsefulNotes/ElisabethOfAustria (played here by Creator/VickyKrieps) in her middle age. Somewhat estranged from her husband Emperor Franz Joseph and her children, resigned to her loneliness, and frustrated with her public image, Elisabeth focuses on maintaining her good looks and indulges herself in inappropriate flirtations and amusements, all while wondering what she will leave behind.
The film costars Creator/FlorianTeichtmeister as Franz Joseph, Creator/KatharinaLorenz as Marie Festetics, Creator/JeanneWerner as Ida Ferenczy, and Creator/ManuelRubey as UsefulNotes/LudwigIIOfBavaria. It debuted in the Un Certain Regard category at Cannes 2022, ahead of theatrical releases in Europe and North America in the succeeding months.
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!!Tropes:
* AnachronisticSoundtrack: The film is set in the 1870s, and its exploration of female ennui through a modern lens is helped by 20th and 21st century songs. Some are even rendered diegetically in period-typical styles, such as the 1960s number "As Tears Go By" sung by a harpist.
* DeathOfAChild: Franz and Elisabeth's oldest child, Sophie, died as an infant. Her death still haunts her parents 20 years later.
* DeathSeeker: As her cousin Ludwig lampshades, Elisabeth spends most of the film in various moods with an apparent death wish. She's unhappy with her lot in life and her social set reducing her to the Austro-Hungarian Empire's pretty face. Finally she [[spoiler:jumps off a boat off the coast of Italy, her final fate in this retelling unknown]].
* FakeFaint: In one of the opening scenes Elisabeth fakes fainting to get out of a social event.
* FlippingTheBird: One piece of promotional art for the film shows Elisabeth, coiffed befitting of an empress, giving the audience the middle finger while looking straight at them. It reflects the film's themes of her trying to hold on to her public image.
* ImportantHaircut: After she starts taking heroin Elisabeth impulsively cuts her famous long brown locks and comments that she feels weightless.
* IncompatibleOrientation: Elisabeth makes a move on her favorite cousin, UsefulNotes/LudwigIIOfBavaria, only for him to kindly reject her. She realizes the "rumors of him with the stableboys" are true.
* KingIncognito: Empress Elisabeth dons a maid's dress and a veil to follow her husband's young mistress to the market.
* MasturbationEqualsSexualFrustration: Elizabeth pleasures herself in a bathtub after being spurned by Bay.
* MilestoneBirthdayAngst: The empress unhappily celebrates her 40th birthday at the beginning of the film, wistfully noting that one starts to fade at that age.
* OfCorsetHurts:
** Elisabeth is frequently seen getting tight-laced into corsets. Though painful, she does it to maintain her figure. Throughout the film the corset is a metaphor of the restrictions placed upon Elisabeth in her unhappy personal life.
** Late in the film Elisabeth asks her lady-in-waiting Marie to stand in for her at a social event. The corset emulating Elisabeth's figure is drawn so tight she has to leave in the middle and throw up.
* ProudBeauty: Elisabeth is a renowned beauty and goes to great pains to maintain this reputation. She spends a lot of time getting beautified by her ladies, restricting her food intake, and exercising. Even her almost-dalliance with Bay is spurred by vanity; he realizes that she just wants to feel beautiful.
* SnootySports: As in real life, Empress Elisabeth burns off energy with equestrian sports and fencing.
* WeightWoe: Elisabeth is shown to be bothered by rumors of her weight.
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[[caption-width-right:250:''"Long may she live, beautiful may she remain."'']]
->''"I have nothing to hold on to. Except myself. And sometimes even that seems like an incredible effort."''
-->-- '''Elisabeth'''
''Corsage'' is an 2022 historical drama film directed by Creator/MarieKreutzer, set in 1877-1878.
It is about UsefulNotes/ElisabethOfAustria (played here by Creator/VickyKrieps) in her middle age. Somewhat estranged from her husband Emperor Franz Joseph and her children, resigned to her loneliness, and frustrated with her public image, Elisabeth focuses on maintaining her good looks and indulges herself in inappropriate flirtations and amusements, all while wondering what she will leave behind.
The film costars Creator/FlorianTeichtmeister as Franz Joseph, Creator/KatharinaLorenz as Marie Festetics, Creator/JeanneWerner as Ida Ferenczy, and Creator/ManuelRubey as UsefulNotes/LudwigIIOfBavaria. It debuted in the Un Certain Regard category at Cannes 2022, ahead of theatrical releases in Europe and North America in the succeeding months.
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!!Tropes:
* AnachronisticSoundtrack: The film is set in the 1870s, and its exploration of female ennui through a modern lens is helped by 20th and 21st century songs. Some are even rendered diegetically in period-typical styles, such as the 1960s number "As Tears Go By" sung by a harpist.
* DeathOfAChild: Franz and Elisabeth's oldest child, Sophie, died as an infant. Her death still haunts her parents 20 years later.
* DeathSeeker: As her cousin Ludwig lampshades, Elisabeth spends most of the film in various moods with an apparent death wish. She's unhappy with her lot in life and her social set reducing her to the Austro-Hungarian Empire's pretty face. Finally she [[spoiler:jumps off a boat off the coast of Italy, her final fate in this retelling unknown]].
* FakeFaint: In one of the opening scenes Elisabeth fakes fainting to get out of a social event.
* FlippingTheBird: One piece of promotional art for the film shows Elisabeth, coiffed befitting of an empress, giving the audience the middle finger while looking straight at them. It reflects the film's themes of her trying to hold on to her public image.
* ImportantHaircut: After she starts taking heroin Elisabeth impulsively cuts her famous long brown locks and comments that she feels weightless.
* IncompatibleOrientation: Elisabeth makes a move on her favorite cousin, UsefulNotes/LudwigIIOfBavaria, only for him to kindly reject her. She realizes the "rumors of him with the stableboys" are true.
* KingIncognito: Empress Elisabeth dons a maid's dress and a veil to follow her husband's young mistress to the market.
* MasturbationEqualsSexualFrustration: Elizabeth pleasures herself in a bathtub after being spurned by Bay.
* MilestoneBirthdayAngst: The empress unhappily celebrates her 40th birthday at the beginning of the film, wistfully noting that one starts to fade at that age.
* OfCorsetHurts:
** Elisabeth is frequently seen getting tight-laced into corsets. Though painful, she does it to maintain her figure. Throughout the film the corset is a metaphor of the restrictions placed upon Elisabeth in her unhappy personal life.
** Late in the film Elisabeth asks her lady-in-waiting Marie to stand in for her at a social event. The corset emulating Elisabeth's figure is drawn so tight she has to leave in the middle and throw up.
* ProudBeauty: Elisabeth is a renowned beauty and goes to great pains to maintain this reputation. She spends a lot of time getting beautified by her ladies, restricting her food intake, and exercising. Even her almost-dalliance with Bay is spurred by vanity; he realizes that she just wants to feel beautiful.
* SnootySports: As in real life, Empress Elisabeth burns off energy with equestrian sports and fencing.
* WeightWoe: Elisabeth is shown to be bothered by rumors of her weight.
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