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Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free (2016)

Writer, philosopher, psychologist: she helped shape the way we think

[9/10 · 12 April 2018]

Before seeing this film, I knew about Lou Andreas-Salome's connection with Rilke and Freud but never understood what an important figure she was in her own right. Cordula Kablitz-Post tells her story with impressive cinematic freedom, giving it a powerful emotional charge. This is one of the few biopics I've seen that the subject might actually have liked. Warmly recommended.