Elfriede Jelinek: Language Unleashed (2022)

Wunderkind, scandalous author, traitor to the fatherland, fury of the theater, feminist, fashion-lover, communist, pessimist, language terrorist, rebel, enfant terrible, nest fouler, brilliant, vulnerable artist, Nobel laureate. This film about Elfriede Jelinek, who in 2004 became the first Austrian author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature, focuses on her artistic approach to language. The montage of archive material with voiceovers and interviews, some of them recently recorded, is told from Jelinek’s point of view.

Released

2022-11-10

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

96 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Claudia Müller

TMDB rating

7.1/10 from 4 votes