Lourdes: An Interview with Jessica Hausner
Jan 29, 2010 | No Comments | ByEmily Seed
Lourdes Director: Jessica Hausner
Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner has previously toured international film festivals and wowed audiences and critics with her features Lovely Rita (2001) and Hotel (2004). We are excited to be presenting you with her new work at the BEV 2010 Festival; the mysterious and beautifully compelling Lourdes, about a young women with MS who travels to the French site of spiritual healing. The film was nominated for the Venice Film Festival’s top prize, the Golden Lion and stars French actor Sylvie Testud (La Vie En Rose).
BEV’s senior programmer Emily Seed spoke to Jessica from her home in Austria.
