Corsage and Saint Omer

The Empress Elizabeth of Austria remains better known to Europeans than to most Americans, and so "Corsage" is a welcome biographical treatment of a woman whose great beauty and wealth made her a royal celebrity in the late 19th century. Her life was as tightly constricted as the corsets she wore, however, as HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano observe in this podcast episode.  Vicky Krieps is very well cast as the Empress, although the film itself prompts quibbles in terms of being historically accurate in some respects but not in others. Marie and Mike also discuss "Saint Omer," a very interesting courtroom drama in which writer-director Alice Diop presents a fictionalized depiction of the real-life 2016 trial of a woman from Senegal who now lives in France and has been charged with killing her own infant daughter. In readily acknowledging her guilt, the woman adds that "I hope this trial will give me the answer." 

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