Amour Fou 2014 • 1h 37m ★★★★✩ Written and directed by: Jessic | Moments in Solitude

Amour Fou
2014 • 1h 37m
★★★★✩

Written and directed by: Jessica Hausner
Cinematography by: Martin Gschlacht
Actors: Birte Schnöink, Christian Friedel, Stephan Grossmann

Berlin, 1810: a young Romantic poet pines for a woman to join him in a pact to end his despair, which will be the ultimate expression of their love. He meets the terminally ill Henrietta. Inspired by the historical events leading to the double suicide of poet Heinrich von Kleist and Henrietta Vogel.