Beatrix

It is not uncommon for films to claim that they provide an intimate insight into the lives of their protagonists. This often refers to psychological or physical closeness. In the case of BEATRIX, intimacy is taken so far that you have to ask yourself what intimacy actually is.

BEATRIX shows a female body. It is the body of a young woman who spends some time alone in a house. That's all you get to see. She looks after the house a little, gets bored, makes phone calls and receives visitors. One is reminded of Chantal Akerman's early films and senses a similar strangeness in the private sphere. The two filmmakers invite you to spend time with a person. Except that this time is not utilised, it is spent, endured, exhausted. It is about nothing less than the uncertain feeling of being alive.

Everything that otherwise escapes the gaze becomes completely present. Urgency and ennui unite in an uncompromising confrontation with the existence of a young woman. (Patrick Holzapfel)