Veronique

In Veronique, the filmmaker’s predilection for female portraits and her sense of perfect timing come together once again: she films the interior of the eponymous hair salon, whose clutter has grown over the years, and the three women who have worked there, always dressed in white. In mid-2025, the salon went out of business. What remains are the shots of the porcelain-like faces Friedl vom Gröller stares at until, behind small changes in facial expression and their gazes back at the camera, we begin to discern a shift from pose to personality. (Christa Benzer)