Phaidros

You may have already seen Vienna by night, but you've certainly never seen it like in PHAIDROS. The ageing theatre star Werner Maria Strauß has his eye on the young actor Emil. But it seems that Emil's landlord, an Italian costume designer, has beaten him to it. But the object of his desire has completely different plans. And so a disastrous triangular and later polygonal story of power and desire unfolds. In Mattuschka's film (which won an award for best costume and production design at the Diagonale), queer birds of paradise, colourful self-promoters and untamed outsiders find each other and make the dark corners of the city glow. A delightful cinematic pleasure brushed against the grain!
(Florian Widegger / programme folder FAA Vienna)

Orig. Title
Phaidros

Year
2018

Country
Austria

Duration
98 min

Director
Mara Mattuschka

Category
feature fiction, Artist Film

Orig. Language
German

Subtitles
English

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Phaidros_01 (Image)

Credits

Director

Mara Mattuschka

Script

Mara Mattuschka

Cinematography

Josef Nermuth

Music

Roumen Dimitrov

Editing

Mara Mattuschka

Sound

Markus Glatzl, Werner Beham

Sound Design

Vinzenz Schwab

Production

Mara Mattuschka

Actor/Actress

Alexander E. Fennon, Julian Sharp, May Teodosio, Tamara Mascara, Nicola Filippelli

Art Direction

Paul Horn, Moritz M. Polansky

Costumes

Peter Paradies

Available Formats

DCP 2K flat (Distribution Copy)

Festivals (Selection)

2018

Graz - Diagonale, Festival des österreichischen Films (Best Production Design & Best Costume)