Elfriede Jelinek – Language Unleashed

Child prodigy, scandalous author, feminist, communist, language terrorist, rebel, brilliant, vulnerable artist. Claudia Müller's film about Elfriede Jelinek, recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize for Literature, focuses on the writer’s artistic approach to language and reveals the social and political contradictions in Austria, more than 75 years after WW2. Complimented by historical and contemporary materials, the film approaches Jelinek’s linguistic montage from a personal perspective. What does it mean to be a writer who is criticized for being a traitor to the fatherland?

Kindly supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum.