A documentary about the life and work of the Austrian artist, writer and feminist Elfriede Jelinek, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. The film portrait focuses on Jelinek as a human being and is dedicated to language as a creative means of expression.
Wunderkind, scandalous author, traitor to the fatherland, fury of the theater, feminist, fashion-lover, communist, pessimist, language terrorist, rebel, enfant terrible, nest fouler, brilliant, vulnerable artist, Nobel laureate. This film about Elfriede Jelinek, who in 2004 became the first Austrian author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, focuses on her artistic approach to language. The montage of archive material with voiceovers and interviews, some of them recently recorded, is told from Jelinek’s point of view.
Elfriede Jelinek - Language Unleashed | Yorck Kinos Berlin