Jessica Hausner

Jessica Hausner started her career with short films. Already, her first film, Flora, has received several awards, while her graduate work Inter-View, had its premiere at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.

Filmography

Lovely Rita (2001)
Inter-View (short) (1999)
Flora (short) (1997)

Films by this director

Lovely Rita

(2001)

Directed by: Jessica Hausner

Synopsis:

Rita is an outsider. At school everyone laughs at her big breast, and teachers say she's insolent. Rita does everything to please and prove herself, which makes the situation ever worse. Parents want to tame her, but good old methods do not work with Rita. Rita's father's nasty temper sows fear and terror; he calls Rita a 'wicked creature'. Lovely Rita talks about Rita's stubborn attempt to escape loneliness and to be dear to someone – for example little Fexi who is thirteen, lives next door and...

color, 80 min

Flora

(1995)

Directed by: Jessica Hausner

PHOTOGRAPHY: Robert Winkler

Synopsis:

The growing up of the heroine, the humiliations, and dancing school lessons. This is a film made of looks, tender moments and trivial songs. It demands full attention and offers a clear set of visualisations of loneliness and the attempts to escape.

color, 25 min

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