Painting is an unacceptable vocation for a woman in provincial Germany in the year 1900, but budding artist Paula Becker is determined to make her own rules.
Acting
Carla Juri burns with frustrated genius in every frame.
Cinematography
Paintings bleed into life; the camera worships her like she deserved.
Production
Worpswede artist colony recreated with obsessive texture.
Director
Christian Schwochow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paula Modersohn-Becker was the first woman to paint a nude self-portrait — this film barely has time to mention it, which is somehow the point.
Rilke really did write that corny letter after her death; the film uses his actual words, and it's still embarrassing.
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