Christian Petzold: "My inspiration has everything to do with Paula Beer"
Interview The director reunites with his favorite actress for "Mirrors No. 3," in theaters since August 27, a drama that is both sober and moving.
Interview by Xavier Leherpeur
Christian Petzold at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 15, 2024. TIM BRAND/SHUTTERSTOCK/SIPA
A trip to the countryside that ends in tragedy. After surviving a car accident that killed her partner, Laura, dazed and, strangely, not warning anyone, finds refuge with Betty, a woman whose husband and son live a few kilometers away. This is the starting point for a story with many interpretations, carried by a superb, mineral and refined direction. German filmmaker Christian Petzold reunites with Paula Beer (also seen with François Ozon and Antonin Baudry) for the fourth time for a fable about second chances. A sober and moving drama, haunted by ghosts yet brimming with life. Interview.
"Mirrors No. 3" is both a story of second chances for its two heroines, a story of the destruction and reconstruction of a family around the disappearance of a daughter and a sister and the possibility of their replacement by a stranger. What was the starting point of this r…
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