Film
Paula
Goethe-Cinema Ottawa
By Christian Schwochow, Germany, 2016, 123 min.
With: Carla Juri, Albrecht Abraham Schuch, Roxane Duran.
In German with English subtitles.
Based on the unique life of German expressionist painter Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876- 1906), an unconventional woman who fought to make art on her own terms. Paula Becker moves to the artists’ colony Worpswede, where she meets her future husband Otto Modersohn and befriends Clara Westhoff and Rainer Maria Rilke. However, domestic frustrations and lack of recognition push her to move on. “A fine, feminist portrait of a young woman. “ – The Globe and Mail
Details
Goethe-Institut Ottawa
352 MacLaren Street
Ottawa K2P 0M6
Kanada
Language: German with English subtitles
Price: Suggested donation $4
+1 613 232 9000 info-ottawa@goethe.de